Re: Tip: tty mode-line popup menus

[Gerd Möllmann]

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I don't like the tty behavior. It is fiddly with a track pad, which I
>> normally use, leading to inadvertent menu selections. Furthermore,
>> keyboard operation of the menu seems impossible.
>>
>> To fix this, I've added this in my init.el:
>>
>>   (defun my-fix-mode-line-map (map)
>>     (let* ((down-mouse (kbd "<mode-line> <down-mouse-1>"))
>>         (mouse (kbd "<mode-line> <mouse-1>"))
>>         (def (lookup-key map down-mouse)))
>>       (when def
>>      (define-key map down-mouse nil)
>>      (define-key map mouse def))))
>>
>>   (my-fix-mode-line-map mode-line-major-mode-keymap)
>>   (my-fix-mode-line-map mode-line-minor-mode-keymap)
>
> How about adding a defcustom for this behavior?

Maybe, don't know. One problem is that I don't know where else something
similar is done. I know only the two places above plus one in the
Minions package, which probably simply mimicked what Emacs does in
bindings.el. Or in other words, I don't have enough of an overview to
design something that's really useful.

> I guess many users are on laptops with trackpads these days, and would
> find that convenient.

I guess so, especially if they use tap-to-click like I do.