Re: New Context Menu and mouse-1

[Stefan Monnier]

Juri Linkov [2021-08-30 10:22:01] wrote:
>>> BTW, maybe another way to look at the problem is to say that
>>> invoking the context-menu should not exit the transient map (but this
>>> may come with its own set of problems, of course).
>>
>> +         (when (memq (car-safe last-input-event) '(mouse-1 drag-mouse-1))
>> +           (deactivate-mark)
>> +           (pop-mark))))))
>
> Or rather
>
> +         (unless (and context-menu-mode
> +                      (eq (car-safe (aref (this-command-keys-vector) 0))
> +                          'down-mouse-3))
> +           (deactivate-mark)
> +           (pop-mark))))))

This looks "honest and safe".  If you can add a comment explaining why
we have this ad-hoc hack there, then I think it's quite acceptable
(given that we're unable to figure out what is The Right Way).


        Stefan