From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 7077@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7077: 24.0.50; mouse-drag-copy-region - name should say copy as kill
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:22:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3mxgwoj8s.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7CDE0A71AE944FE0B0067BE2A24369EB@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:39:31 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The name does not say anything about copying to the kill ring. The name
> should, like `kill-ring-save' and `copy-region-as-kill', say that this
> copies to the kill ring.
>
> Suggestion: `mouse-drag-copy-region-as-kill' or
> `mouse-drag-kill-ring-save'.
I think that sounds reasonable, but, on the other hand, is it really
necessary for all these functions to mention "kill" in the function
name? It seems intuitive (to me) that `mouse-drag-copy-region' puts
stuff in the kill ring -- what else would it do?
--
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-20 20:39 bug#7077: 24.0.50; mouse-drag-copy-region - name should say copy as kill Drew Adams
2011-07-02 14:22 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-02 15:46 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-03 14:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-03 14:23 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-03 18:38 ` Chong Yidong
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