See this Stack Exchange question: http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/7443/mouse-problem-in-org-mode-export-window The asker is trying to use the mouse wheel to scroll the org-export-dispatch window. org-export-dispatch is using the built-in function read-char-exclusive, which in turn calls read_filtered_event with the parameter error_nonascii set to 0. Unlike read-char, which will throw an error upon receiving a mouse event, read-char-exclusive just keeps retrying, and eventually the echo area will become full of mouse event names. Here's the git diff of a small, possible fix for this issue: $ git diff diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c index 69ec059..0041b03 100644 --- a/src/lread.c +++ b/src/lread.c @@ -651,7 +651,10 @@ read_filtered_event (bool no_switch_frame, bool ascii_required, error ("Non-character input-event"); } else - goto retry; + { + message1 (0); + goto retry; + } } } Nick Andryshak