From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: emacs24 X primary selection changes Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:03:36 -0800 Message-ID: <2D113F6751EB4E7F8003DD556B818ED4@us.oracle.com> References: <20130103225809.GC13649@hysteria.proulx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1357254231 28288 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2013 23:03:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:03:51 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Bob Proulx'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 04 00:04:08 2013 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 1TqtpT-0006eU-03 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:04:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36620 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TqtpD-0003BM-SF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:03:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57042) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tqtp7-0003B9-O3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:03:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tqtp6-0003Bh-KC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:03:41 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:35765) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tqtp6-0003BS-D1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:03:40 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id r03N3cSI022731 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:03:39 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r03N3cw8003280 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:03:38 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt110.oracle.com (abhmt110.oracle.com [141.146.116.62]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id r03N3cJm022534; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:03:38 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.8) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:03:37 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20130103225809.GC13649@hysteria.proulx.com> Thread-Index: Ac3qBdJx4kXYEViNQzWnYbXYn/vLzAAADinQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 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:88422 Archived-At: > > > (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.