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: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 01:42:09 +0000 Message-ID: <8e24944a0802071742u40999810m26cd53de3dbafbd5@mail.gmail.com> References: <8e24944a0802041302n45064c4fm2ac428ceda204254@mail.gmail.com> <47A80B57.3050402@swipnet.se> <8e24944a0802061957re4baf7cr9560fa3496be56b4@mail.gmail.com> <8e24944a0802070815n18dea273j5c3962235d91ca8e@mail.gmail.com> <87bq6sir34.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <8e24944a0802071007u7a6a6d3cl9e98f93489fa8f1e@mail.gmail.com> <8763x0incq.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87myqcp7m2.fsf@catnip.gol.com> 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 1202434945 6562 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2008 01:42:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 01:42:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Horsley, Tom" , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , "Stephen J. Turnbull" , "Jan D." To: "Miles Bader" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 08 02:42:46 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 1JNIGJ-00043q-KW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:42:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNIFq-0006rC-UT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:42:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNIFn-0006pn-Lx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:42:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNIFn-0006pF-9U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:42:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNIFn-0006p3-5B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:42:11 -0500 Original-Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.204.236]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JNIFm-0003Nc-ND for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:42:10 -0500 Original-Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id e6so6201646qbe.2 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:42:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=+kztpcJFJ6qehNUsF6/XgEZS6PwDajrcQnkuy0xcac4=; b=P3o/zQAN8LHp/CYobUVt0PIlCy9OtrsqgTSIRhy1rj6P1sfio2SlNSw3ycEeHn2+YhHjaqBJh63s8zwgL/5fKvrZNexL0n6kiUxtHbYlgx9UR24IKPyktXQTQ2Ok6ZcGQMqY5LxS7aOlLv3W3hY84yAtyuksMzO4NHSb5ZJD/Ts= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=hbLKbHmi/p3RvRTcps1kIqwA1cv6JlMzgxtW99I5JkOfV2DVoc2ZuHjyCFOuU0T+VsOPO01zYMVN8VUCKPxXdB4ltuef93ev4A8rF4X73VjfTKsZIy8nnkFqKgWMb6etdJ0IzEj3aJLcnDT6/CEg1cKJhl7P3dKTms1W8c344GA= Original-Received: by 10.143.40.18 with SMTP id s18mr6645709wfj.168.1202434929375; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:42:09 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.142.111.4 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:42:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87myqcp7m2.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:88483 Archived-At: On 08/02/2008, Miles Bader wrote: > It sounds like your idea would instead make the current selection > available via "C-y M-y" which sounds maddeningly unintuitive -- the > current selection, after all, is _current_... > Well, then please, try the fish, I mean the rev 2 patch, with a (customization group killing): x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value-return-multiple t x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value-return-order :pcb x-select-enable-clipboard including :paste in its choose list (or t) x-select-enable-primary also including :paste in its choose list (or t) - then, when you C-y, the primary X11 selection (i.e. currently highlighted) thing is inserted (and put on the kill ring), and the clipboard, if any was found, and if different, is an M-y away. This is a variant the "Tom Horsley thang", which the patch IMO supports nicely even though I don't like it much myself.