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bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??
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Tobias Bading |
Subject: |
bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!?? |
Date: |
Wed, 30 May 2012 18:51:15 +0200 |
On 30.05.2012, at 18:42, Drew Adams wrote:
>> OK, now I see what you mean.
>>
>> The old mouse dragging code had a special behavior to pop the mark if
>> you did not move the mouse much after the down event, to avoid setting
>> the mark (this did not work reliably; if you move the mouse a little bit
>> between the down and up events, the mark gets set anyway).
>> I'll see if there is a way to get this to work with the new code, but it
>> won't be for the 24.1 release.
>
> Why not? The "old" behavior was the behavior forever, and for a reason.
>
> Why release with the regression? What's the hurry?
>
> Why not restore the old code, and move the "new" to 24.2 and fix it there,
> taking as much time as you like to get it right?
The bug in Emacs 23 caused by a slight mouse movement between mouse down and up
events that Chong described is quite bad IMHO. Probably worse than a mouse
click setting the mark every time. Please don't put that bug back in :-).
Tobias
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Tobias Bading, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Chong Yidong, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Tobias Bading, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Drew Adams, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Chong Yidong, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Drew Adams, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??,
Tobias Bading <=
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Drew Adams, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Tobias Bading, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Drew Adams, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Tobias Bading, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Drew Adams, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Tobias Bading, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Drew Adams, 2012/05/30
- bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??, Tobias Bading, 2012/05/30