On 08/08/10 22:07, David De La Harpe Golden wrote:
>
> Plus, the ns port is doing something strange elsewhere (ns-win.el) (that
> can be summed up as "cut buffers? ...wtf?").
>

Seems stuff that's named "cut buffer" in the ns-specific parts has 
basically nothing to do with x11 cut buffers.  I don't know if there was 
a misunderstanding, or an active decision to reuse the name, or what (I 
suppose I could paw through the logs), but it's a terrible name given 
the opportunity for confusion with an obsolete x11 feature (especially 
remembering that ns emacs /runs on/ x11 in some incarnations).

Anyway. The attached patch brings emacs to the point I can call the 
(unfortunately named) ns-store/get-cut-buffer-internal functions* in ns 
emacs to set/get the various ns pasteboards that gnustep/x11 maps to 
clipboard/primary/secondary as previously mentioned, and read/write them 
from x11 selections in x11 emacs etc.

It should also improve the macosx experience (untested), though there 
are still problems*.

* N.B., higher level stuff isn't all working right yet.