Re: when to bind *down-mouse* vs *mouse*?

[Jason Rumney]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm still unclear about S-down-mouse-1, however. What do you mean by "where
> you release it (S-mouse-1) determines what happens next"? Maybe I'm missing
> something because I'm using Emacs on Windows?

Your assumption is correct. Windows does not allow for such efficient
use of the menus. It always requires you to click twice. Maybe we
could rewrite the basic mouse handling code of the menus instead of
letting the system handle it, but that would be quite a lot of work.