Re: Does gnu emacs have the equivalent of Xemacs mouse-track-insert

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On Mar 13, 12:21 am, Tim X <t...@nospam.dev.null> wrote:
> harven <har...@free.fr> writes:
> >>> 2. On my linux host, somehow (keyboard shortcut settings?), so the M-
> >>> leftclick selects the window that I am working on, so when sliding,
> >>> the window is getting moved instead of selcting the text on which I
> >>> slide the mouse.
>
> >> It's working OK here (i.e.  M-click does not change the window). What
> >> version of emacs are you using?
>
> >>> 3. So I tested with ESC-leftclick and this partially works when emacs
> >>> is invoked with -nw, but it does not work in the window based.
> >> (...)
>
> >> Strange. Sorry, no idea what's  wrong with your installment. At least
> >> I can  tell you mine  seems to be  working correctly, so try  to play
> >> around with your settings.
>
> > There is nothing wrong with his installation. M-leftclick is intercepted
> > by his window manager. This is a standard shortcut in metacity for moving a
> > window. This can be disabled with the gconf-editor, in apps>metacity>general
> > item mouse_button_modifier.
>
> Or just use system -> preferences -> keyboard shortcuts
>
> There are a number of 'default' gnome keyboard shortcuts I get rid of
> because they either interfere or use valuable mappings I like to use for
> emacs, such as alt-tab, some of the function keys and a few others.
> Using the GUI interface, its quite easy to replace any WM shortcuts you
> want to keep with some of the rarely used keys that are less likely to
> interfere with emacs, such as super/hyper (those 'extra' keys usually
> between Ctl and Alt, often with a windows logo etc).
>
> Tim
>
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> tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au

Many thanks to all for the suggestions.
Your answers are going faster than my tests.
I will try test and come back with results.