$delay-time(5)

NAME

$delay-time - Mouse time event delay time
$repeat-time - Mouse time event repeat time

SYNOPSIS

$delay-time milliseconds; Default is 500
$repeat-time milliseconds; Default is 25

10 <= milliseconds <= t

DESCRIPTION

$delay-time sets the time waited between the user picking a mouse button and the generation of a mouse-time-? key event.

When user presses the left button (say) a mouse-pick-1 key event is generated, If this key is bound then the command it is bound to is executed. If the user then holds down the button for $delay-time or more milliseconds then MicroEmacs checks the binding of the special mouse-time-1 key, if this pseudo key is bound then the command it is bound to will be executed.

If the user continues to hold down the button for a further $repeat-time milliseconds another mouse-time-1 key event will be generated. A mouse-time-1 key event will be generated after every $repeat-time milliseconds until the user releases the button, at which point a mouse-drop-1 key event is generated.

EXAMPLE

The following example implements the vertical scroll-bar up and down scrolling arrows for a buffer window:

define-macro mouse-pick-command 
    set-cursor-to-mouse 
    !if &equ &band $mouse-pos 15 5 
        ml-write "Mouse on up-arrow" 
        1 scroll-up 
        1 global-bind-key scroll-up "mouse-time-1" 
    !elif &equ &band $mouse-pos 15 9 
        ml-write "Mouse on down-arrow" 
        1 scroll-down 
        1 global-bind-key scroll-down "mouse-time-1" 
    !endif 
!emacro 

define-macro mouse-drop-command 
    !force global-unbind-key "mouse-time-1" 
!emacro 

global-bind-key mouse-pick-command "mouse-pick-1" 
global-bind-key mouse-drop-command "mouse-drop-1" 

SEE ALSO

$idle-time(5), set-cursor-to-mouse(2), $mouse-pos(5).

Ref: $delay-time(5) File: m5var071.5 Date: 2026/02/17

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