Create mouse-drag-overlay as a dead overlay, instead

of having it live in the *scratch* buffer until first used.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mouse.el b/lisp/mouse.el
index d75ee90b40c..a889706f3f7 100644
--- a/lisp/mouse.el
+++ b/lisp/mouse.el
@@ -371,7 +371,9 @@ Upon exit, point is at the far edge of the newly visible text."
     (or (eq window (selected-window))
         (goto-char opoint))))
 
+;; Create an overlay and immediately delete it, to get "overlay in no buffer".
 (defvar mouse-drag-overlay (make-overlay 1 1))
+(delete-overlay mouse-drag-overlay)
 (overlay-put mouse-drag-overlay 'face 'region)
 
 (defvar mouse-selection-click-count 0)