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.devel Subject: Re: Emacs learning curve Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:56:02 +0100 Message-ID: <4C3B8162.8070000@harpegolden.net> References: <10954D02-E217-49F3-8824-757DA34074AB@gmail.com> <83zkxzakr0.fsf@gnu.org> <83pqyva8ms.fsf@gnu.org> <87630n6odf.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <874og670l0.fsf@gmx.de> <87k4p257ho.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87fwzqyn4j.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <878w5igcto.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4C3A069D.2000804@harpegolden.net> <87d3utws68.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <83k4p1tb3x.fsf@gnu.org> <4C3AD9C2.5060709@harpegolden.net> <83aapxt5d2.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278968179 5236 80.91.229.12 (12 Jul 2010 20:56:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 12 22:56:16 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYQ2y-0000jP-0w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:56:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39723 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OYQ2x-00047G-Lu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:56:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55510 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OYQ2r-00047B-AA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:56:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYQ2q-0000mn-AN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:56:09 -0400 Original-Received: from harpegolden.net ([65.99.215.13]:58342) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYQ2n-0000mN-HW; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:56:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [87.198.54.207] (87-198-54-207.ptr.magnet.ie [87.198.54.207]) (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 ESMTPSA id A6322683A6; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:56:02 +0100 (IST) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100620 Icedove/3.0.5 In-Reply-To: <83aapxt5d2.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:127122 Archived-At: On 12/07/10 10:30, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:00:50 +0100 >> From: David De La Harpe Golden >> >>>> To summarize: >>>> >>>> C-w and M-w should copy to the clipboard and set the primary >>>> in addition to updating the kill-ring. >>>> >>>> shift-selection and mouse-dragging should set/update the primary, >>>> leaving the clipboard and the kill-ring alone. >>>> >>>> mouse-2 should yank the primary. >>> >>> What about the region highlighted by typing C-SPC twice and then >>> moving cursor -- will it go to the primary as well? >>> >> >> [it's c-spc once out-of-box, you must have turned off transient-mark-mode?] > > Yes. > >> I would expect so > > That would be an annoyance, IMO. > Well, I find it isn't in practice (quite some time thereof now), in fact it is least surprising: It feels quite in keeping with X11 user expectations that the most recently selected whatever is to be found in primary.