comparison etc/NEWS @ 59026:ef5a485f984f

Implement context-sentitive dual behaviour for mouse-1 click.

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** Building with -DENABLE_CHECKING does not automatically build with union
types any more.  Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types.


* Changes in Emacs 21.4

** line-move-ignore-invisible now defaults to t.

** In Outline mode, hide-body no longer hides lines at the top
of the file that precede the first header line.

** `cfengine-mode' is a major mode for editing GNU Cfengine
configuration files.

* Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.4

** (while-no-input BODY...) runs BODY, but only so long as no input
arrives.  If the user types or clicks anything, BODY stops as if a
quit had occurred.  while-no-input returns the value of BODY, if BODY
finishes.  It returns nil if BODY was aborted.

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** Building with -DENABLE_CHECKING does not automatically build with union
types any more.  Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types.


* Changes in Emacs 21.4

** You can now follow links by clicking mouse-1 on the link.

Traditionally, Emacs uses a mouse-1 click to set point and a mouse-2
click to follow a link, whereas most other applications use a mouse-1
click for both purposes, depending on whether you click outside or
inside a link.  With release 21.4, the behaviour of a mouse-1 click
has been changed to match this context-sentitive dual behaviour.

Depending on the current mode, a mouse-2 click in Emacs may do much
more than just follow a link, so the new mouse-1 behaviour is only
activated for modes which explicitly mark a clickable text as a "link"
(see the new function `mouse-on-link-p' for details).  The lisp
packages that are included in release 21.4 have been adapted to do
this, but external packages may not yet support this.  However, there
is no risk in using such packages, as the worst thing that could
happen is that you get the original mouse-1 behaviour when you click
on a link, which typically means that you set point where you click.

If you want to get the original mouse-1 action also inside a link, you
just need to press the mouse-1 button a little longer than a normal
click (i.e. press and hold the mouse-1 button for half a second before
you release it).

Dragging the mouse-1 inside a link still performs the original
drag-mouse-1 action, typically copy the text.

You can customize the new mouse-1 behaviour via the new user option
`mouse-1-click-follows-link'.

** line-move-ignore-invisible now defaults to t.

** In Outline mode, hide-body no longer hides lines at the top
of the file that precede the first header line.

** `cfengine-mode' is a major mode for editing GNU Cfengine
configuration files.

* Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.4

** Lisp code can now test if a given buffer position is inside a
clickable link with the new function `mouse-on-link-p'.  This is the
function used by the new `mouse-1-click-follows-link' functionality.

** (while-no-input BODY...) runs BODY, but only so long as no input
arrives.  If the user types or clicks anything, BODY stops as if a
quit had occurred.  while-no-input returns the value of BODY, if BODY
finishes.  It returns nil if BODY was aborted.