bug#5855: 23.1.95; OS X file drag-and-drop inserts into current buffer

bug#5855: 23.1.95; OS X file drag-and-drop inserts into current buffer

[Robin Dunn]

When dragging a text file from Finder and dropping in an Emacs window
the contents of the file are inserted into the current buffer near the
drop point instead of making a new buffer for the file.




In GNU Emacs 23.1.95.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.29)
  of 2010-04-03 on black.local
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1038
configured using `configure  '--host=x86_64-apple-darwin' 
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Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <f6>
<ns-drag-file> M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g
<return>

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bug#5855: 23.1.95; OS X file drag-and-drop inserts into current buffer

[Glenn Morris]

Robin Dunn wrote:

> When dragging a text file from Finder and dropping in an Emacs window
> the contents of the file are inserted into the current buffer near the
> drop point instead of making a new buffer for the file.

Sorry for the very slow reply. I happened to just now read in the Mac OS
section of the Emacs manual:

  The default behavior when a user drags files from another application
  into an Emacs frame is to insert the contents of all the dragged files
  into the current buffer.  To remap the `ns-drag-file' event to open the
  dragged files in the current frame use the following line:

     (define-key global-map [ns-drag-file] 'ns-find-file)

I don't know if it works, or if it should be the default.

bug#5855: 23.1.95; OS X file drag-and-drop inserts into current buffer

[Jan Djärv]

Hello.

I think the default should match other platforms. If nobody objects, I plan to change this in 24.2.

    Jan D. 

22 feb 2012 kl. 09:06 skrev Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>:

> Robin Dunn wrote:
> 
>> When dragging a text file from Finder and dropping in an Emacs window
>> the contents of the file are inserted into the current buffer near the
>> drop point instead of making a new buffer for the file.
> 
> Sorry for the very slow reply. I happened to just now read in the Mac OS
> section of the Emacs manual:
> 
>  The default behavior when a user drags files from another application
>  into an Emacs frame is to insert the contents of all the dragged files
>  into the current buffer.  To remap the `ns-drag-file' event to open the
>  dragged files in the current frame use the following line:
> 
>     (define-key global-map [ns-drag-file] 'ns-find-file)
> 
> I don't know if it works, or if it should be the default.
> 
>