From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David De La Harpe Golden Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#902: select-active-regions only half-working Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:27:35 +0100 Message-ID: <48C43937.7030702@harpegolden.net> References: <48C21AD8.1060505@harpegolden.net> <48C2E68C.6060909@harpegolden.net> Reply-To: David De La Harpe Golden , 902@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220820607 28299 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2008 20:50:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:50:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 902@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 07 22:51:02 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KcRDn-0000jw-IF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:50:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35236 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KcRCn-0002v0-HI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:49:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KcRAb-00010D-CC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KcRAW-0000xS-EL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37463 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KcRAV-0000x9-UL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:36831) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KcRAV-0004Hz-9E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m87KlW3r004335; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:47:32 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m87KZ4qY032030; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:35:04 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: David De La Harpe Golden Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:35:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 902 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 902-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B902.122081926829928 (code B ref 902); Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:35:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 902) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Sep 2008 20:27:48 +0000 Original-Received: from harpegolden.net (harpegolden.net [65.99.215.13]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m87KRjxN029922 for <902@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:27:46 -0700 Original-Received: from golden1.harpegolden.net (86-43-162-117.b-ras2.prp.dublin.eircom.net [86.43.162.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "David De La Harpe Golden", Issuer "David De La Harpe Golden Personal CA rev 3" (verified OK)) by harpegolden.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D2A81AD; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:27:44 +0100 (IST) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:37 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:20319 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > Whether it should or not is very debatable. Shrug. That would be why it is optional, then. > Historically, Emacs has always reuqested the user to select with the > mouse or use M-w for that, Indeed. That is pretty much what select-active-regions was introduced to address though? - so one can e.g. use M-w for CLIPBOARD yet have PRIMARY set by user-selection (i.e. establishment of a nonzer-sized active region) like other apps. > I do not think it should be used by default. Who's talking about using it by default at this point? If a user actually turns select-active-regions on though, it should work. It could easily enough be recast as a global minor mode I guess. But it's just a boolean setting in-tree at the moment.