From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: fringe and mouse in emacs 22.1 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:30:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192754447 25933 80.91.229.12 (19 Oct 2007 00:40:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:40:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 19 02:40:46 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Iifuu-0001Yh-5A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:40:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iifum-0001C6-8T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:40:36 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.umontreal.ca!news.umontreal.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:30:40 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:U1nFipwPN9oG2QKNFxdFY8abR9M= Original-Lines: 27 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.27.213 Original-X-Trace: sv3-dDXIxJFvyEuJw5eHGTAcOzUxv6wTMs7eejoaEyQeqrWEdvhjRfgpp3r38mWIydSfqfVlDRT79BlPjUP!5BuMn6Cyf7sRQnmQN/rJ2bzlWCgtNm5rKLO7prV/uvQR9WG3CVJnATg/S+vTvyM+axrm1hgyMM6X!73pXgRYLaqCIwocgag== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:153039 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:48543 Archived-At: > I recently updated from emacs 21.4 to 22.1. There's one change > I don't like and I'm wondering if I can revert it via ~/.emacs > somehow. > That is (a) I like having a non-zero fringe, but (b) I don't like > the way the mouse pointer behaves differently in the fringe in > 22.1. > I'm mostly editing C source and TeX files, and I want to be able > to select lines of text with a mouse drag. This was easy in 21.4, > but now I find I have to be very particular about the initial > pointer position to do this: too far to the left and I'm into > the fringe, where mouse-down-plus-motion does not initiate > drag-selection (the mouse just swipes uselessly); too far to the > right and I miss the first character(s) on the line. > So what I'd like to do is enforce the old behavior: in the > left fringe, mouse-down-plus-motion starts drag-selection. > Thanks for any suggestions. I'd suggest you try (define-key function-key-map [left-fringe down-mouse-1] 'down-mouse-1) -- Stefan