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bug#49784: 27.2; mouse-2 error with "No cross-reference here"
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#49784: 27.2; mouse-2 error with "No cross-reference here" |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:49:03 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> ;; The doc string is meant to explain what buttons do.
>> (defun help-follow-mouse ()
>> "Follow the cross-reference that you click on."
>> (interactive)
>> (error "No cross-reference here"))
>>
>> I guess the point is to... not say
>>
>> Buffer is read-only: #<buffer *Help*>
>>
>> to be helpful? It might just confuse more than it helps.
>
> Perhaps the comment before the function hints on why this was done
> that way. IOW, if this binding didn't exist, what would C-h show for
> mouse-2, and how?
It'd say
It is bound to <mouse-2>.
(mouse-yank-primary CLICK)
like in any other buffer it's not bound. I understand that the binding
was done to be helpful, but I'm just not sure that it's helpful to make
*Help* buffers behave weirdly.
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