From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kenichi Handa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6802: 24.0.50; Yanking non-ASCII text from other X application leads to unicode escapes Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:29:48 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87mxt1go33.fsf@doganov.org> <83wrrzvj74.fsf@gnu.org> <4C603A4F.20006@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281407916 26837 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2010 02:38:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:38:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kaloian@gnu.org, 6802@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jan =?UTF-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 10 04:38:34 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oieja-0002R1-2o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:38:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43791 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OiejZ-00050O-Dj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:38:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34107 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OiejU-00050J-0E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:38:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiejS-0005nh-Dr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:38:27 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:32941) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiejS-0005nc-CW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiebL-0004Rf-W1; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:30:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Kenichi Handa Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6802 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6802-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6802.128140735217055 (code B ref 6802); Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:30:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6802) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2010 02:29:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OieaW-0004R1-5t for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:29:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.aist.go.jp ([150.29.246.133]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OieaT-0004Qv-Fc for 6802@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:29:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rqsmtp2.aist.go.jp (rqsmtp2.aist.go.jp [150.29.254.123]) by mx1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id o7A2TnHK009762; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:29:49 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from smtp2.aist.go.jp by rqsmtp2.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id o7A2Tnpa008852; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:29:49 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: by smtp2.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id o7A2TmTr009940; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:29:48 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from handa by etlken with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Oieb6-0005l8-OM; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:29:48 +0900 In-Reply-To: <4C603A4F.20006@swipnet.se> (message from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= on Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:26:39 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:30:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39390 Archived-At: In article <4C603A4F.20006@swipnet.se>, Jan Dj=E4rv wr= ites: > Eli Zaretskii skrev 2010-08-09 18.34: > > Why does x-get-selection default to 'STRING? Is that sensible > > behavior? I just didn't change it from Emacs 19. Perhaps it's not sensible nowadays. >>> - (let ((primary (x-get-selection 'PRIMARY))) >>> + (let ((primary (x-get-selection 'PRIMARY 'TEXT))) > > > > Would it make sense to have x-get-selection default to 'TEXT instead? > TEXT can be in any encoding which can make it diffcult. Ah, yes. > Nowdays I think the=20 > default should be UTF8_STRING, and if that fails, try TEXT and then STRIN= G. Why not COMPOUND_TEXT instead of TEXT above? Please see the docstring of x-select-request-type. Anyway, the current selection-related codes mix an abstract layer (something like interprogram-cut/paste-function) and X-specific layer in a chaos manner. It seems that overhaul and re-design is necessary. > But I think the application should not offer STRING (which > implies Latin-1) if the data isn't in latin-1. Fully agreed. --- Kenichi Handa handa@m17n.org