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bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:24:45 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Perry Wagle <wagle@mac.com> writes:
> In xemacs, if I double click on a word, the word is highlighted. If
> I then press control-s for search, and click the middle mouse button
> *without moving the mouse*, I will paste that word into the search
> string, and all is good.
>
> Emacs, on the other hand, does not support this idiom. For some
> reason, the middle mouse button *ABORTS* the search mode, and then
> pastes the word under the mouse. Why would you want that?
>
> This idiom alone has kept me using xemacs for over a decade. I'd
> like to switch to emacs now.
>
> Can I fix this easily with option-setting, or does it require me to
> hack and add the correct behavior?
This was reported 9 years ago but unfortunately never got a reply at
the time.
I think you should set mouse-yank-at-point to t to get the desired
behaviour. Could you please try that and see if that works for your
use-case?
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode,
Stefan Kangas <=
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Perry Wagle, 2020/01/15
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Stefan Kangas, 2020/01/15
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Perry Wagle, 2020/01/15
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Stefan Kangas, 2020/01/16
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Perry Wagle, 2020/01/16
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Stefan Kangas, 2020/01/17
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Perry Wagle, 2020/01/17
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Perry Wagle, 2020/01/17
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Juri Linkov, 2020/01/19
- bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode, Perry Wagle, 2020/01/19