GNU bug report logs - #7015
Documentation of `mouse-drag-copy-region'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Arni Magnusson <arnima <at> hafro.is>

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:40:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Arni Magnusson <arnima <at> hafro.is>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Documentation of `mouse-drag-copy-region'
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:41:00 +0000 (GMT)

Today I discovered that selecting a region with the mouse automatically 
copies the region, altering the kill ring. I guess I don't use the mouse 
much, but I was expecting mouse dragging to select passively like shift 
arrows.

It took me a few minutes to find the simplest way to disable this 
behavior, by setting the `mouse-drag-copy-region' variable to nil.

I suggest the `mouse-drag-copy-region' variable should be cross-referenced 
in the `mouse-set-region' docstring, to shorten the path of discovery. 
Then it would only take C-h k drag-mouse-1 to find out about this 
variable.

Cheers,

Arni
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Arni Magnusson <arnima <at> hafro.is>
Cc: 7015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Documentation of `mouse-drag-copy-region'
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:01:55 +0200

Arni Magnusson <arnima <at> hafro.is> writes:

> I suggest the `mouse-drag-copy-region' variable should be
> cross-referenced in the `mouse-set-region' docstring, to shorten the
> path of discovery. Then it would only take C-h k drag-mouse-1 to find
> out about this variable.

Good idea.  I've now added this to Emacs 24.

-- 
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