From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Bob Proulx'" <bob@proulx.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: emacs24 X primary selection changes
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:03:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2D113F6751EB4E7F8003DD556B818ED4@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130103225809.GC13649@hysteria.proulx.com>
> > > (setq select-active-regions nil
> > > mouse-drag-copy-region t
> > > x-select-enable-primary t
> > > x-select-enable-clipboard nil)
> > >
> > > to get sane selection/X interaction defaults back.
> >
> > +1 to getting back sane defaults.
>
> Are you also having this problem on MS Windows?
Not sure what "this problem" is, but yes, I had to change the default settings
as I described, to get back the previous, sane behavior.
> > But I use non-nil `x-select-enable-clipboard'.
>
> Probably the best answer for you on MS-Windows. Does Windows have
> anything other than the clipboard? I don't know.
It has no separate primary.
> > (And there is no `x-select-enable-primary' on MS Windows.)
>
> Well... Since I was asking about the X primary selection the above
> answer was perfect for me on a Unix or GNU machine. The question is
> specifically about X Windows and not MS Windows. On MS Windows I have
> no idea but assume there is only the Windows clipboard. There
> wouldn't be an X cut buffer unless you have done something to install
> X Windows onto your MS machine. I'd expect that to be very unusual.
Right.
> I don't know why the default was changed. I assume it is further encroachment
of CUA mode
> to be more MS Windows like since I can't think of any other reason.
I can't speak for Emacs Dev obviously, and I might have misunderstood, but I
believe that all of the default changes wrt selection etc. were to bring Emacs
more into line with X Window. AFAIK, nothing to do with CUA or MS Windows.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-03 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2013-01-03 21:37 ` emacs24 X primary selection changes Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2013-01-03 21:49 ` Bob Proulx
2013-01-03 22:38 ` Drew Adams
2013-01-03 22:58 ` Bob Proulx
2013-01-03 23:03 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2013-01-04 0:12 ` Bob Proulx
2013-01-04 0:33 ` Drew Adams
2013-01-04 0:49 ` Bob Proulx
[not found] ` <mailman.16650.1357260567.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-04 4:31 ` Jason Rumney
2013-01-04 23:03 ` Bob Proulx
2013-01-05 5:12 ` Yuri Khan
2013-01-07 20:30 ` Ken Goldman
[not found] ` <mailman.16641.1357258383.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-04 4:25 ` Jason Rumney
2013-01-05 1:45 ` Thomas E. Dickey
2013-01-05 22:54 ` Bob Proulx
2013-01-04 8:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-04 23:11 ` Bob Proulx
2013-01-05 7:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.16717.1357341108.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-05 14:18 ` Jason Rumney
2013-01-03 21:31 Bob Proulx
2013-01-08 15:57 ` Stefan Monnier
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