mouse and update 23.4 -> 24.1

[Allin Cottrell]

I have one problem after updating from GNU Emacs 23.4 to 24.1.

I like to be able to initiate a mouse-drag to select text 
starting at the left margin, without having to worry about 
whether the pointer is in the "fringe" or not. In 23.4 I could 
get this behavior by putting this line into ~/.emacs:

(global-set-key [left-fringe down-mouse-1] 'mouse-drag-region)

In version 24.1, though, sometimes when I mouse-down to start 
a drag on the left I get a popup menu ("tool bar" and "Menu 
bar") and the text area loses focus. I have no need for that 
popup and would like to get rid of it if possible. Thanks for 
any help.

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Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC