From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David De La Harpe Golden Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Improving X selection? Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:41:56 +0100 Message-ID: <48AC9DB4.9020603@harpegolden.net> References: <20071012105022.6c8b174a@tweety> <874pgtfw1y.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> <4713067D.2060504@swipnet.se> <87fy0cdvr6.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> <471467FF.5070005@swipnet.se> <87vdxy2kwo.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219272770 1340 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2008 22:52:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:52:50 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 21 00:53:43 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KVwYf-0006oF-CJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:53:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47808 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KVwXi-0008KN-4T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:52:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KVwNY-0003H3-Mw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:42:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KVwNW-0003Gh-PY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:42:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57230 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KVwNW-0003Ge-LV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:42:10 -0400 Original-Received: from harpegolden.net ([65.99.215.13]:58417) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KVwNW-00058K-6F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:42:10 -0400 Original-Received: from golden1.harpegolden.net (86-43-169-151.b-ras2.prp.dublin.eircom.net [86.43.169.151]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "David De La Harpe Golden", Issuer "David De La Harpe Golden Personal CA rev 3" (verified OK)) by harpegolden.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F2AA81E2 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:42:07 +0100 (IST) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) In-Reply-To: <87vdxy2kwo.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:102741 Archived-At: David Hansen wrote: >>> Please ignore this if it's already been hammered to death, but what about >>> using C-Insert/Shift-Insert for the clipboard? >> That would make a lot of sense to me, > > Shift-Insert is kind of quasi standard to paste the *selection* on X11. > This would make emacs behavior even more "non standard". I don't care > much, just wanted to note that. > Might be nicer the other way around i.e. C-w/M-w/C-y (and C-x/C-c/C-v in cua mode) to use CLIPBOARD and S-Delete/C-Insert/S-Insert to use PRIMARY.... In the end, like everything else in this area, probably need to be configurable to keep everyone happy, of course. ho hum.