Mouse interface to M-.

   I have just committed a patch that includes a mouse interface to a
generalized M-., plus changes to compile and load this along with ilisp.
Depending upon what you click (and various internal switches), you can
invoke find-file, dired, ange-ftp, find-tag, your favorite WWW browser
(via the browse-url package), and (of course) the ilisp and eli M-. Lisp
definition finders.

   The only thing lacking is a mouse binding, which I haven't yet
supplied because of the following issues:

   1.  The traditional binding is Meta-Left, but (a) Emacs by default
uses this to manipulate the secondary selection, and (b) some window
managers usurp this gesture anyway, so putting it there doesn't help
unless users are willing to tweak their WM.  At the very least, the
choice of gesture needs to be customizable, so the real question is:
What gesture should we use as the default?

   2.  I don't currently have XEmacs available, but I know that at the
very least, the syntax for describing mouse gestures is different.
Would somebody please research what should be done for XEmacs?

   I haven't yet updated the documentation, but will do so when these
issues are settled.  (Suggestions and/or contributions welcome.)

   Thanks,

					-- Bob Rogers

P.S. In order to play with this code, a comment at the top of the new
ilisp-mouse.el file tells you how to put it on a mouse gesture (in FSF
emacs anyway; xemacs will need something like [(meta button1)]).


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