From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The X window system, yanking, and pasting using the mouse Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:39:19 +0900 Message-ID: <878vy73wa0.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87hbcvkrgr.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296095975 21611 80.91.229.12 (27 Jan 2011 02:39:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:39:35 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 27 03:39:31 2011 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 1PiHlh-00013L-Pc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:39:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59954 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PiHlh-00015I-DN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:39:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55565 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PiHlc-000151-CU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:39:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiHla-0000dr-6U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:39:24 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:60192) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiHlZ-0000dg-Rj; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:39:22 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.33.195.219.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.33.195.219] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) (envelope-from ) id 1PiHlY-0007Yl-Ap; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:39:20 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B8716DF91; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:39:19 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87hbcvkrgr.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> (Manoj Srivastava's message of "Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:31:16 -0800") Original-Lines: 21 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:135061 Archived-At: Manoj Srivastava writes: > What I want is the behaviour I think I used to have in Emacs on > GNU/Linux X Windows: > 1) Whatever text is pasted when I click > (mouse-yank-primary?) should be the same thing yanked when I type > C-y (yank) > 2) Conversely, text that is selected in Emacs, such that it is > inserted with a C-y (yank) should also be the text that is pasted > into, say, an xterm when I do a middle mouse click in there. I agree, this was very nice behavior. > What changes do I need to make to get this? I've not found a tenable way to simulate the old behavior with the new code. -Miles -- Dawn, n. When men of reason go to bed.