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Re: Marking with the mouse
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Marking with the mouse |
Date: |
11 Sep 2003 12:31:49 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 |
[ I'll assume below that my patch was applied. ]
> I agree with Glenn. But then again, perhaps I did not understand the
> problem. Here is what I often do.
> 1. transient-mark-mode is nil
> 2. I mark a chunk of text using one of the following methods with the
> mouse from time to time:
> a. double click on a word
> b. drag with mouse-1
> c. click with mouse-1 and click with mouse-3
At this point, the region is highlighted and transient-mark-mode
is temporarily turned on.
> 3. I then either
> a. delete (double-click mouse-3)
> b. paste (mouse-2 elsewhere)
> c. click somewhere again using mouse-1 to make sure that the
> position is correct, and then paste (using mouse-2 or C-y).
All three should turn off transient-mark-mode, so after 3 the highlighting
should be gone. If that is not what you're seeing, it's a bug.
Stefan
Re: Marking with the mouse, Richard Stallman, 2003/09/11