bug#29478: 26.0.90; `C-h k' followed by mouse clicks no longer shows down event

[Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> I tried this now in Emacs 28, and it says:
> 
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> There were several key-sequences:
> 
>   <down-mouse-1> at that spot runs the command ignore
>   <mouse-1> at that spot runs the command view-echo-area-messages
> 
> They're all described below.
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> 
> I just skimmed the rest of this long thread, but at least one patch was
> applied, and since this seems to work for me now, I'm going to go ahead
> and guess that the bug described here was fixed, and I'm closing this
> bug report.  If there's more to be done here, please reopen, or file a
> new bug report about any remaining issues.

Me too.  I just reread the thread, which is long and is mostly long inline patches (ugh).

I'm just assuming at this point that those working on it made a useful improvement.

In terms of what I read, I think the main point is for `C-h k' to let you know (1) that there are multiple events (when there are), (2) show you the info for each of those events, and (3) present them in order of their occurrence.

I think Stefan argued for each of (1), (2), and (3), as did I.

I also think that, if it presents some difficulty, in terms of providing help, to deal with both `C-h c' and `C-h k' in this context, then my concern was with `C-h k'.  In principle, we should be able to provide good help for each of those help keys.  If we can't do that for both using the same or similar code, then we should find some way to handle them separately.  What I really care about here is `C-h k' help.

If I ever get around to using Emacs 28 (I can't use Emacs 27.1 at all - breaks everything I have), and if at that point I have something to say about the new `C-h k' doc for this, then I'll send another bug report.

Thanks for everyone's attention to this bug.