bug#50256: thing-at-mouse

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org,  50256@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:44:49 +0300
> 
> In emacs -Q evaluate:
> 
>   (with-current-buffer "*Messages*"
>     (mouse-set-point last-input-event))
> 
> and it moves point in *scratch* to the position of point of
> the *Messages* buffer.

I don't follow: what do you expect to be in last-input-event in this
case, and how is that relevant to mouse clicks, when the mouse is not
even involved in this scenario?

I fear I'm missing something very important here.