From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New mouse click behavior Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:14:48 +0200 Message-ID: <4E8855B8.4000600@gmx.at> References: <87zkhvx9pe.fsf@gnu.org> <87vcsh6b1f.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87fwjb7ls0.fsf_-_@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1317557704 31304 80.91.229.12 (2 Oct 2011 12:15:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 12:15:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?B?Sm9oYW4gQm9ja2fDpXJk?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 02 14:14:59 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RAKwd-0006vw-0g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:14:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59444 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAKwc-0000Ze-1p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:14:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41345) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAKwZ-0000ZZ-9o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:14:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAKwX-00046g-F8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:14:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:39202) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAKwX-00046X-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:14:53 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 02 Oct 2011 12:14:49 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-43-155.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.43.155]) [62.47.43.155] by mail.gmx.net (mp048) with SMTP; 02 Oct 2011 14:14:49 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+xqxkErJ+xpzLRJ+TtU9xjDi7oNY3jZlXnPlQL2x 8uWkRiNKgUQFRX User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <87fwjb7ls0.fsf_-_@gnu.org> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 213.165.64.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:144529 Archived-At: >>> The real bug is that mouse-clicks set the mark (always). (Search for >>> push-mark in mouse-drag-track.) >> No, that's intended behavior. The OP's suggestion of disabling the >> scroll margin while tracking a mouse drag is on the right track. I've >> committed a change along those lines. > > I still think it's a bug. The new behavior is a pain. A mouse click > should move point; it makes no sense for it to also set the mark. > > Also, there's no simple way to go back to the old, sane, behavior. > > (It also causes blinking in the tool bar when you click the mouse.) So finally I seem to understand what causes http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-04/msg00399.html Couldn't we make this mark setting behavior customizable? martin