From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36365: Add info how to deselect secondary selection (Emacs manual) Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 11:31:56 +0300 Message-ID: <83zhlr8sxv.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="140251"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 36365-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Sebastian Urban Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 06 10:33:10 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg86-000aM6-EL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 10:33:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58298 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg85-0002CQ-Fa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:33:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42307) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg7z-0002CA-RZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg7y-0005D5-SZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45355) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg7y-0005CR-Ou for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg7y-0003ds-KX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:33:02 -0400 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 08:33:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 36365 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Mail-Followup-To: 36365@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, mrsebastianurban@gmail.com Original-Received: via spool by 36365-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D36365.156240193213941 (code D ref 36365); Sat, 06 Jul 2019 08:33:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36365-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jul 2019 08:32:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54175 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg79-0003cn-RU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:32:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57987) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg76-0003cZ-Mn for 36365-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:32:09 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51928) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg71-00041j-I0; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3126 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hjg70-0006FV-SA; Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:32:03 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Sebastian Urban on Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:59:42 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:162188 Archived-At: > From: Sebastian Urban > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:59:42 +0200 > > Because, if it's "selection", people may think that to deselect all > you need is to click 'mouse-1' somewhere, but it doesn't work, as well > as 'C-g' and it may be confusing. > > Therefore please add information about 'M-mouse-1' as a way to > deselect, perhaps somewhere next to the L626-627 or after the > definition of 'M-mouse-1' L607-608 in KILLING.TEXI. > > Then update documentation string for 'mouse-start-secondary' with the > same information. > > === > > Also (because it's the same chapter) in Emacs manual (INFO) "12.3.3 > Secondary Selection" description of 'M-mouse-3' could be changed: > > FROM > Set the secondary selection, with one end at the position clicked > and the other at the position specified with ‘M-mouse-1’ > (‘mouse-secondary-save-then-kill’). This also puts the selected > text in the kill ring. A second ‘M-mouse-3’ at the same place > kills the secondary selection just made. > > TO > Set the secondary selection, with one end at the position clicked and > the other at the position specified with ‘M-mouse-1’, and put the > selected text in the kill ring (‘mouse-secondary-save-then-kill’). > A second ‘M-mouse-3’ at the same place kills the secondary selection > just made. > > Placement of 'mouse-secondary-save-then-kill' will be better, right > now it may confuse people because it stands next to 'M-mouse-1' which > has different command. Thanks, I fixed these two issues.