From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Hansen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Improving X selection? Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:41:36 +0200 Organization: disorganized Message-ID: <87d4jw9ni7.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> 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> <48AC9DB4.9020603@harpegolden.net> <87vdxqnllk.fsf@jurta.org> <87hc98a2v6.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> <48B3B8CB.1070708@harpegolden.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219740841 25382 80.91.229.12 (26 Aug 2008 08:54:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:54:01 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 26 10:54:55 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 1KXuKA-0005Gz-MG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:54:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40330 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KXuJC-0006dY-Om for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:53:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXuJ7-0006dJ-5e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXuJ5-0006cN-9M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:53:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58642 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KXuJ5-0006cK-5L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:53:43 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:49483 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KXuJ4-0000S2-10 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:53:42 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KXuIt-00062H-CL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:53:31 +0000 Original-Received: from 66.230.230.230 ([66.230.230.230]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:53:31 +0000 Original-Received: from david.hansen by 66.230.230.230 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:53:31 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.230.230.230 Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:586sRghQpi/uTpNlAazB5XDzSKU= 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:102978 Archived-At: On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:03:23 +0100 David De La Harpe Golden wrote: > David Hansen wrote: > >> I just thought that using "Shift+Insert" for *clipboard* operations may >> make things even worse. AFAIK it's the default for GTK+ apps and some >> other X apps to paste the *selection*. >> > > Shift-insert seems to be pasting clipboard, not primary on gtk+ 2.x apps > on my system (tested gimp, gedit), just like C-v in those apps. > (They paste primary with middle click). It's possible gtk 1.x is > different, but I don't have any gtk 1.x apps handy to test... OK, you are right (just greped the gtk2 src). Seems to be some configuration here I'm not aware of. Then just forget about my objections and go ahead. David