From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#27530: patch to cut and copy secondary Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:11:59 +0300 Message-ID: <83k21az5kw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83r2vk1ror.fsf@gnu.org> <20170906.124252.919138792281853431.tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp> <83o9qn24py.fsf@gnu.org> <20170907.213520.1700258678806095027.tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1504811618 13408 195.159.176.226 (7 Sep 2017 19:13:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 19:13:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 27530@debbugs.gnu.org To: Tak Kunihiro Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 07 21:13:24 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2Ek-0002TS-El for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:13:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41843 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2Er-0002ir-Ca for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:13:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35264) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2Ee-0002eY-2M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:13:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2EY-00063P-Q7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45999) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2EY-000636-Ms for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2EY-0002pM-G7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 27530 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 27530-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B27530.150481152910801 (code B ref 27530); Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 27530) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Sep 2017 19:12:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54680 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2Df-0002o8-U6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:12:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43667) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2Dd-0002na-SO for 27530@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:12:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2DT-0005Si-Dn for 27530@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:12:00 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41880) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2DT-0005SZ-BK; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:11:55 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2328 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dq2DS-0005qn-Q9; Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:11:55 -0400 In-reply-to: <20170907.213520.1700258678806095027.tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp> (message from Tak Kunihiro on Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:35:20 +0900 (JST)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:136665 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:35:20 +0900 (JST) > Cc: 27530@debbugs.gnu.org, tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp > From: Tak Kunihiro > > > If we want a function that will put region around secondary selection, > > why not write such a function, and let users who want to code commands > > that use this functionality do that? IOW, why do we have to come up > > with a command to do something which we aren't sure is a frequent use > > case? > > How about having those in subr.el? > > -- Function: overlay-exchange-region overlay > -- Function: overlay-exists-p overlay > -- Function: overlay-to-region overlay > -- Function: overlay-from-region overlay Hard to answer that, without some details. Can you tell in a few words what each function is supposed to do?