bug#5838: 23.1.94; C-h k mouse-1 on Info node name is incorrect

bug#5838: 23.1.94; C-h k mouse-1 on Info node name is incorrect

[Drew Adams]

emacs -Q
C-h i
Navigate to some Info node.
C-h k, then click mouse-1 on the node name in the mode line.
 
You should see `Info-scroll-down-up' described, but instead you see
`mouse-drag-mode-line' and `mouse-set-point' described.
 
However, C-h k works correctly for mouse-3: `Info-scroll-down' is
described.
 

In GNU Emacs 23.1.94.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-03-23 on G41R2F1
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
 

bug#5838: 23.1.94; C-h k mouse-1 on Info node name is incorrect

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> emacs -Q
> C-h i
> Navigate to some Info node.
> C-h k, then click mouse-1 on the node name in the mode line.
>
> You should see `Info-scroll-down-up' described, but instead you see
> `mouse-drag-mode-line' and `mouse-set-point' described.

I'm unable to reproduce this, so I'm guessing it's fixed since 23.1.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

bug#5838: 23.1.94; C-h k mouse-1 on Info node name is incorrect

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 19:45:32 +0200
> Cc: 5838@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> 
> > emacs -Q
> > C-h i
> > Navigate to some Info node.
> > C-h k, then click mouse-1 on the node name in the mode line.
> >
> > You should see `Info-scroll-down-up' described, but instead you see
> > `mouse-drag-mode-line' and `mouse-set-point' described.
> 
> I'm unable to reproduce this

I still see it.

And frankly, I don't expect anything else: "C-h k" for mouse clicks is
notoriously hard to get accurate, because the processing of a click is
so complicated.  I don't see how the help system can know statically
what can be computed only dynamically, by trying several bindings in
succession until one succeeds.

So I won't lose any sleep over this issue.  Especially since the
tooltip that pops says what will happen with each click.