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| author | Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> | 2019-10-25 11:16:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> | 2019-11-27 13:40:29 +0100 |
| commit | 4eb7db5d4b84708912c63a77569c8adeeff6c640 (patch) | |
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Mouse rectangular region selection (bug#38013)
Make it possible to select a rectangular region using the mouse.
The standard binding is C-M-mouse-1.
* lisp/mouse.el (mouse-scroll-subr): Add ADJUST argument.
(mouse-drag-region-rectangle): New.
* lisp/rect.el (rectangle--reset-point-crutches): New.
(rectangle--reset-crutches): Use 'rectangle--reset-point-crutches'.
* src/xdisp.c (remember_mouse_glyph, syms_of_xdisp):
Add 'mouse-fine-grained-tracking'.
* doc/lispref/commands.texi (Motion Events):
Document 'mouse-fine-grained-tracking'.
* doc/emacs/frames.texi (Mouse Commands):
* doc/emacs/killing.texi (Rectangles):
* etc/NEWS: Document rectangular selection with the mouse.
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/killing.texi b/doc/emacs/killing.texi index 80e2868908a..ce00cb38a74 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/killing.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/killing.texi @@ -732,6 +732,9 @@ region is controlled. But remember that a given combination of point and mark values can be interpreted either as a region or as a rectangle, depending on the command that uses them. + A rectangular region can also be marked using the mouse: click and drag +@kbd{C-M-mouse-1} from one corner of the rectangle to the opposite. + @table @kbd @item C-x r k Kill the text of the region-rectangle, saving its contents as the |