Re: Need an enabler for a bad habit.

[Mathias Dahl]

martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> writes:

>> The only drawback I can see with it
>> is that it removes the "pop up the message buffer" function.
>
> (defun mouse-drag-region (start-event)
>   "Set the region to the text that the mouse is dragged over.
> Highlight the drag area as you move the mouse.
> This must be bound to a button-down mouse event.
> In Transient Mark mode, the highlighting remains as long as the mark
> remains active.  Otherwise, it remains until the next input event.
>
> If the click is in the echo area, pop up the messages buffer and
> run a command."
>   (interactive "e")
>   (let ((w (posn-window (event-start start-event))))
>     (if (and (window-minibuffer-p w)
>            (not (minibuffer-window-active-p w)))
>       (save-excursion
>         ;; Swallow the up-event.
>         (read-event)
>         (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Messages*"))
>         (goto-char (point-max))
>         (display-buffer (current-buffer))
>         (call-interactively 'execute-extended-command))
>       ;; Give temporary modes such as isearch a chance to turn off.
>       (run-hooks 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook)
>       (mouse-drag-track start-event t))))

Hehe! I don't like that "feature" though... :)