Add new user option `mouse-drag-mode-line-buffer'

* etc/NEWS: Announce new option.  Also add missing entries for
an earlier change.
* lisp/mouse.el (mouse-drag-mode-line-buffer): New user option.
(mouse-drag-mode-line): Implement that option.
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Po Lu 2022-06-03 15:20:23 +08:00
parent e65647a70e
commit 4f56ca6376
2 changed files with 36 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ the current Emacs process at the end, it starts a new Emacs process
optional parameters to restart instead of just killing the current
process.
** New user option 'mouse-drag-mode-line-buffer'.
If non-nil, dragging on the buffer name part of the mode-line will
drag the buffer's associated file to other programs.
+++
** New user option 'mouse-drag-and-drop-region-cross-program'.
If non-nil, this option allows dragging text in the region from Emacs
@ -2083,9 +2087,9 @@ list in reported motion events if there is no frame underneath the
mouse pointer.
+++
** New function 'x-begin-drag'.
This function initiates a drag-and-drop request with the contents of
the selection 'XdndSelection', and returns when a drop occurs.
** New functions 'x-begin-drag', 'dnd-begin-text-drag' and 'dnd-begin-file-drag'.
These functions allow dragging contents (such as files and text) from
Emacs to other programs.
---
** New function 'ietf-drums-parse-date-string'.

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@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ down and up respectively."
(integer :tag "This many lines from window top or bottom"))
:version "29.1")
(defcustom mouse-drag-mode-line-buffer nil
"If non-nil, allow dragging files from the mode line.
When the buffer has an associated file, it can be dragged from
the buffer name portion of its mode line to other programs."
:type 'boolean
:version "29.1")
(defvar mouse--last-down nil)
(defun mouse--down-1-maybe-follows-link (&optional _prompt)
@ -854,8 +861,29 @@ frame instead."
(interactive "e")
(let* ((start (event-start start-event))
(window (posn-window start))
(frame (window-frame window)))
(frame (window-frame window))
(skip-tracking nil)
filename)
;; FIXME: is there a better way of determining if the event
;; started on a buffer name?
(when (and mouse-drag-mode-line-buffer
(eq (car (posn-string start))
(car (with-selected-window window
(setq filename (buffer-file-name))
mode-line-buffer-identification)))
filename
(file-exists-p filename))
(let ((mouse-fine-grained-tracking nil))
(track-mouse
(setq track-mouse 'drag-source)
(let ((event (read-event)))
(if (not (eq (event-basic-type event)
'mouse-movement))
(push event unread-command-events)
(dnd-begin-file-drag filename frame 'copy t)
(setq skip-tracking t))))))
(cond
(skip-tracking t)
((not (window-live-p window)))
((or (not (window-at-side-p window 'bottom))
;; Allow resizing the minibuffer window if it's on the