From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: mouse-yank-primary and bug #7699 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:11:38 -0800 Message-ID: References: <837hf2gc0p.fsf@gnu.org> <4D114EF0.8090706@harpegolden.net><48891CC6AE2144F1A04493C4B849EDDC@us.oracle.com><4D116D9C.9000506@harpegolden.net> <544D91959D2A4709BBE91F5E828A8A60@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293030797 5811 80.91.229.12 (22 Dec 2010 15:13:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:13:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, david@harpegolden.net To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 22 16:13:13 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 1PVQNM-0003EK-3q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:13:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38459 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PVQNL-00053F-9L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:13:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57932 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PVQNG-000539-KJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:13:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PVQNF-0002GU-DP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:13:06 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:26933) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PVQNF-0002GG-5L; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:13:05 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oBMFD0p3027205 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:13:02 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt354.oracle.com (acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154]) by rcsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oBMFCtGj028498; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:12:56 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt019.oracle.com by acsmt353.oracle.com with ESMTP id 897440671293030696; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:11:36 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.239.39) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:11:35 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcuhyT6L42Wlljh4Tb6228gK4jzwuwAILoOQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 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:133900 Archived-At: > > Wrt setting `select-active-regions': That variable (new in > > Emacs 23) has very poor documentation (see bug #7702), but > > from what I can tell from the doc it should have _no > > effect at all_ on Emacs for Windows, because the latter > > does not have a primary selection. > > Not entirely true: the Windows port emulates the primary selection > within the same Emacs session. So customizing that option should make > active regions available for pasting with mouse-2 on Windows as well, > but only if you paste in the same Emacs session. That confirms what I said about the doc. Nothing is said in the doc about this emulation etc. What this var does on a system where there is no primary selection is undefined in the doc. And the proviso about "same session" signifies a difference that should also be pointed out as part of the description.