Re: double-clicking on closing paren - wrong region marked

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I cannot think of a case where scrolling would be legitimate and expected
>> when there is just a short click with no movement or other events in
>> between mouse-1-down and mouse-1-up.

>     I can: current-buffer is just constantly scrolling (it's watching an
>     active log file, or it's a game, or a shell buffer with a process gone
>     wild, ...).

> If you hold down the mouse on a buffer that is scrolling continually,
> you will see it scroll and you will see a region start to highlight.
> Wouldn't operating on that region be the right thing?

I guess the jury is still out on this one.  I don't think there's a right
answer in general for this case, it depends on the specifics.  But at least
if the click is short, I'd expect it to be a click.  If it lasts long, I'd
probably expect it to be a drag.  If it's in the middle...


        Stefan