Re: New mouse click behavior

[martin rudalics]

>>> The real bug is that mouse-clicks set the mark (always). (Search for
>>> push-mark in mouse-drag-track.)
>> No, that's intended behavior.  The OP's suggestion of disabling the
>> scroll margin while tracking a mouse drag is on the right track.  I've
>> committed a change along those lines.
>
> I still think it's a bug. The new behavior is a pain. A mouse click
> should move point; it makes no sense for it to also set the mark.
>
> Also, there's no simple way to go back to the old, sane, behavior.
>
> (It also causes blinking in the tool bar when you click the mouse.)

So finally I seem to understand what causes

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-04/msg00399.html

Couldn't we make this mark setting behavior customizable?

martin