Add mc/add-cursor-on-click

README.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ You can [watch an intro to multiple-cursors at Emacs Rocks](http://emacsrocks.co
  - `mc/mark-previous-word-like-this`: Like `mc/mark-previous-like-this` but only for whole words.
  - `mc/mark-previous-symbol-like-this`: Like `mc/mark-previous-like-this` but only for whole symbols.
  - `mc/mark-more-like-this-extended`: Use arrow keys to quickly mark/skip next/previous occurances.
+ - `mc/add-cursor-on-click`: Bind to a mouse event to add cursors by clicking. See tips-section.
 
 ### Mark many occurrences
 
@@ -98,6 +99,18 @@ You can [watch an intro to multiple-cursors at Emacs Rocks](http://emacsrocks.co
 BTW, I highly recommend adding `mc/mark-next-like-this` to a key binding that's
 right next to the key for `er/expand-region`.
 
+### Binding mouse events
+
+To override a mouse event, you will likely have to also unbind the
+`down-mouse` part of the event. Like this:
+
+    (global-unset-key (kbd "M-<down-mouse-1>"))
+    (global-set-key (kbd "M-<mouse-1>") 'mc/add-cursor-on-click)
+
+Or you can do like me and find an unused, but less convenient, binding:
+
+    (global-set-key (kbd "C-S-<mouse-1>") 'mc/add-cursor-on-click)
+
 ## Unknown commands
 
 Multiple-cursors uses two lists of commands to know what to do: the run-once list

mc-mark-more.el

@@ -398,6 +398,23 @@ With prefix, it behaves the same as original `mc/mark-all-like-this'"
          (>= (point) beg)
          (<= (point) end))))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defun mc/add-cursor-on-click (event)
+  "Add a cursor where you click."
+  (interactive "e")
+  (mouse-minibuffer-check event)
+  ;; Use event-end in case called from mouse-drag-region.
+  ;; If EVENT is a click, event-end and event-start give same value.
+  (let ((position (event-end event)))
+    (if (not (windowp (posn-window position)))
+        (error "Position not in text area of window"))
+    (select-window (posn-window position))
+    (if (numberp (posn-point position))
+        (save-excursion
+          (goto-char (posn-point position))
+          (mc/create-fake-cursor-at-point)))
+    (mc/maybe-multiple-cursors-mode)))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun mc/mark-sgml-tag-pair ()
   "Mark the tag we're in and its pair for renaming."

multiple-cursors.el

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 ;;  - `mc/mark-previous-word-like-this`: Like `mc/mark-previous-like-this` but only for whole words.
 ;;  - `mc/mark-previous-symbol-like-this`: Like `mc/mark-previous-like-this` but only for whole symbols.
 ;;  - `mc/mark-more-like-this-extended`: Use arrow keys to quickly mark/skip next/previous occurances.
+;;  - `mc/add-cursor-on-click`: Bind to a mouse event to add cursors by clicking. See tips-section.
 
 ;; ### Mark many occurrences
 
@@ -115,6 +116,18 @@
 ;; BTW, I highly recommend adding `mc/mark-next-like-this` to a key binding that's
 ;; right next to the key for `er/expand-region`.
 
+;; ### Binding mouse events
+
+;; To override a mouse event, you will likely have to also unbind the
+;; `down-mouse` part of the event. Like this:
+;;
+;;     (global-unset-key (kbd "M-<down-mouse-1>"))
+;;     (global-set-key (kbd "M-<mouse-1>") 'mc/add-cursor-on-click)
+;;
+;; Or you can do like me and find an unused, but less convenient, binding:
+;;
+;;     (global-set-key (kbd "C-S-<mouse-1>") 'mc/add-cursor-on-click)
+
 ;; ## Unknown commands
 
 ;; Multiple-cursors uses two lists of commands to know what to do: the run-once list