From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs24/gtk3 - how to mark rectangle of to primary selection? Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:19:23 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87sjdi3p0y.wl%lists@groll.co.za> <05AA5016-B837-4A18-B759-9F06878A978D@Web.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340745616 13899 80.91.229.3 (26 Jun 2012 21:20:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:20:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Paul K Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 26 23:20:16 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SjdBC-00017u-P2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:20:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33328 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SjdBC-00005h-LB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:20:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60188) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SjdB6-0008Un-9y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:20:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SjdB4-0000Rp-HU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:20:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:53056) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SjdB3-0000NS-CX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:20:02 -0400 Original-Received: by obhx4 with SMTP id x4so522819obh.0 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:19:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=2tQ1lB21vjN6qKbBMilNrxPMJs91EzrwbDpPq0lJMCA=; b=LXXY5cvz0gpKVH7Mgm9VDmhLoO9sCck97yCR9/wRkaHt6OKoS4BkqHtYxvBDl3CbOo +i0jVlqJpDcT/DUcYzPlGSLubQkIX7v+UW4C4XRvldYgN/IeFMomJmY1VMDORxsf9dcG FOCEBqJUTxkd2KKtbqt9ZJjC0jyhnKS4dIa9Nn6l8NTbcLC59u2yYll0qGPqACk375Tr bwJZFuF9PPz4ZtS3sKwH9M7jE0iLDt6m2tNJ6erIs2sNM2y3Wes9SbFXYCvHVbEvIT31 h7I1AkKbBfWnzO6pNCsz4p8K4qllEIfH/8FzYT03nUpXXFwpB6+daIWgVE+YFFduoY+0 g4ow== Original-Received: by 10.182.112.102 with SMTP id ip6mr18007782obb.39.1340745598453; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:19:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.60.24.33 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:19:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7yITgyg-3U2RwKKt7wNCrwxknSE X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.214.169 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85498 Archived-At: On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Paul K wrote: > I checked that it is true when You mark and remember text with for > example `M-w`, but it is not true for kill-rectangle command, ie. the > later one does not put text to "clipboard selection". I think the limitation is in X; it is not rectangle aware. Maybe Emacs can "fool" X into thinking a rectangle kill to appear as a normal kill region. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.