From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, david@harpegolden.net
Subject: Re: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes]
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:54:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83eibscuf3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E206F3AAC04B43AB941EF8CCF243E8C3@us.oracle.com>
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <cyd@stupidchicken.com>, <david@harpegolden.net>, <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:51:39 -0700
>
> > > We were told several times that users _would_ be able to
> > > get back exactly the pre-Emacs 24 selection behavior (at
> > > least on Windows, and I thought everywhere), and that we
> > > just had to wait patiently until the "wrinkles" were
> > > "ironed" out and we would be told how.
> >
> > That time has come and gone.
>
> Good to hear. So where's the explanation for users?
>
> NEWS is incomplete and incorrect (see bugs #7196 & #7195).
> I don't see it in the manuals either.
You've filed these bugs, and they will be handled. I thought this
thread was about something else. Is it?
> > I'm not aware of any problems with getting the old
> > behavior back by customizing mouse-drag-copy-region.
>
> Does that give exactly the same behavior as before? On all platforms?
Yes, AFAIK, if by "behavior" you mean the effect of selecting text
with a mouse.
> Yidong seems to have just said that that is impossible.
My name is not Yidong.
> > The only leftover I know about is your complain about the need to
> > customize mouse-drag-copy-region.
>
> You are inventing.
Am I? Then what's this about:
> From bug #6956: In previous Emacs releases on X Window, "Were users able to
> mouse-select and mouse-paste between sessions without first copying to the kill
> ring" (i.e. with nil `mouse-drag-copy-region')? I don't know the answer. If
> yes, then that feature has apparently been lost
?
> > If there are other problems left, please file specific bug reports.
>
> From bug #6956:
I said "_other_ problems". That means not this one.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-14 21:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-11 5:15 Custom themes Chong Yidong
2010-10-11 7:48 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-10-11 15:34 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-11 16:09 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-10-11 17:38 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-11 21:04 ` Eric Lilja
2010-10-12 14:08 ` Joel James Adamson
2010-10-12 20:25 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-12 23:40 ` Eric Lilja
2010-10-13 0:04 ` Christoph
2010-10-13 2:15 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-13 20:06 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-10-14 4:23 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-14 4:58 ` Miles Bader
2010-10-14 13:18 ` users and selection changes [was: Custom themes] Drew Adams
2010-10-14 18:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-14 20:51 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-14 21:54 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2010-10-14 22:09 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-15 9:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-15 9:34 ` users and selection changes Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-10-15 9:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-15 10:11 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-10-15 10:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-15 9:48 ` Miles Bader
2010-10-15 10:18 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-10-15 13:47 ` Miles Bader
2010-10-15 14:25 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-10-15 15:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-22 10:05 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-10-15 16:30 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-15 19:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-10-15 20:46 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-13 0:26 ` Custom themes Stefan Monnier
2010-10-13 2:14 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-13 10:20 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-13 15:06 ` CHENG Gao
2010-10-13 16:05 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-14 15:53 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-14 16:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-16 18:33 ` Chong Yidong
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