From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Weiner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Drag-and-drop FROM Emacs to another editable application window under MacOS Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:13:37 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86fuaps9ip.fsf@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp> <8360bkonnv.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rswgnu@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a11473a843a8b6c055b544949" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1507792470 13137 195.159.176.226 (12 Oct 2017 07:14:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 07:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tak Kunihiro , emacs-devel To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 12 09:14:25 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e2XhA-0001g0-2w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:14:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44082 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2XhH-0003Y4-GE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:14:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56159) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2Xh5-0003Xw-RU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:14:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2Xh2-0005Ha-Hn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:14:11 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38229) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e2Xh2-0005HU-EI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:14:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qk0-f174.google.com ([209.85.220.174]:48497) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1e2Xh1-0002EH-VH; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:14:08 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qk0-f174.google.com with SMTP id d67so341083qkg.5; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:14:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaV6aHFhP1W8klHGfsqSs3d7B5P+kt5BRQF0JoayGqrqpeDfX1F4 kVypwxrTnTnZmPX5WyNHfS0qoHz1awwnv1kbJO8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+S3j363+Z18Hwrw/tzveuEeGscYis+mVFFaNhyXrGzjVMa3I5+ltQ+w6/7XEaVIB9OmpWFcQb95X+reXK9hUPw= X-Received: by 10.55.25.85 with SMTP id k82mr1921595qkh.223.1507792447505; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:14:07 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.237.34.225 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:13:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8360bkonnv.fsf@gnu.org> X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:219400 Archived-At: --001a11473a843a8b6c055b544949 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 3:01 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Robert Weiner > > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:07:47 -0400 > > Cc: emacs-devel > > > > I wonder why it doesn't work to drop the text onto other applications. > > It does, but the application you drag-n-drop into should support that. > =E2=80=8BOn a Mac: I highlight text in Evernote and drag it into a Chrome Gmail composition window. It drops right in without a problem. I enable text drag-n-drop in Emacs 27 and highlight some text to try to drag it to the same Chrome window. A yellow rectangle of text starts to drag but freezes right as the mouse pointer leaves the Emacs frame, so I can't drag it any further. Bob --001a11473a843a8b6c055b544949 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Oct 12, 2= 017 at 3:01 AM, Eli Zaretskii <el= iz@gnu.org> wrot= e:
> From: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:07:47 -0400
> Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel= @gnu.org>
>
> I wonder why it doesn't work to drop the text onto other applicati= ons.

It does, but the application you drag-n-drop into should support tha= t.

=E2=80=8BOn a Mac:

I highlight text in= Evernote and drag it into a Chrome Gmail composition window.=C2=A0 It drop= s right in without a problem.

I enable text drag-n-drop in Emacs 27 = and highlight some text to try to drag it to the same Chrome window.=C2=A0 = A yellow rectangle of text starts to drag but freezes right as the mouse po= inter leaves the Emacs frame, so I can't drag it any further.

Bo= b


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