From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes] Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:30:45 +0200 Message-ID: <83d3rbdcqi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87r5fxnwcp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87eibvupir.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4CB6115E.7010304@harpegolden.net> <87zkuhv1vc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20F7A620198B48BFBD9582C310C65244@us.oracle.com> <83fww8d3m6.fsf@gnu.org> <83eibscuf3.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287135085 19334 80.91.229.12 (15 Oct 2010 09:31:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:31:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, david@harpegolden.net To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 15 11:31:22 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P6gdD-0008CI-CI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:31:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50595 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P6gdC-00073p-L6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:31:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57215 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P6gd0-000721-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:31:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P6gcz-0007uh-EW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:35799) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P6gcz-0007uI-7v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:31:05 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LAB00J00RQ3ZT00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:30:46 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.93.189]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LAB00JKDRR9X540@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:30:46 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:131729 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Cc: , , > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:09:00 -0700 > > I mentioned that Yidong apparently thinks getting that behavior is not > (completely) possible. Then Yidong (or someone else who knows what the problems are) should file a bug report with the details. I don't see how it could be useful to discuss hearsay problems. > > > > The only leftover I know about is your complain about the need to > > > > customize mouse-drag-copy-region. > > > > > > You are inventing. > > > > Am I? Then what's this about: > > > > > From bug #6956: In previous Emacs releases on X Window, > > > "Were users able to mouse-select and mouse-paste between > > > sessions without first copying to the kill ring" (i.e. > > > with nil `mouse-drag-copy-region')? I don't know the > > > answer. If yes, then that feature has apparently been lost > > It's a question. And a statement that if the answer is yes, then a feature has > been lost. > > How do you interpret that as my complaining about my having to customize option > `mouse-drag-copy-region'? I've been very clear that customizing that option to > t seems to do what I need. The issues with `mouse-drag-copy-region' has been beaten to death in the past. There are no reasons for me to go through all that misery again.