From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24945: 25.1; delete-selection-mode Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:28:08 +0200 Message-ID: <83k2c4hiev.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20161115.155423.46033197.tak.kunihiro@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1479223783 13010 195.159.176.226 (15 Nov 2016 15:29:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:29:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24945@debbugs.gnu.org, tak.kunihiro@gmail.com To: Tak Kunihiro Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 15 16:29:39 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c6ffh-0000h5-1Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:29:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47029 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c6ffk-00087f-6d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:29:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45811) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c6ffX-00085o-Qd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:29:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c6ffS-0003ZT-Tn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:29:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:42957) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c6ffS-0003ZN-Q6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:29:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c6ffS-0008Pe-Fl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:29:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24945 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24945-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24945.147922369132275 (code B ref 24945); Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24945) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Nov 2016 15:28:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58356 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c6fed-0008OV-11 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:28:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54652) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c6fea-0008OI-WE for 24945@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:28:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c6feV-0003Ml-10 for 24945@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:28:03 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59272) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c6feN-0003Km-CK; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:27:55 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3053 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1c6feM-00008d-D1; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:27:55 -0500 In-reply-to: <20161115.155423.46033197.tak.kunihiro@gmail.com> (message from Tak Kunihiro on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:54:23 +0900 (JST)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:125715 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:54:23 +0900 (JST) > From: Tak Kunihiro > Cc: tak.kunihiro@gmail.com > > `delete-selection-mode' on 25.1 does not work well when > `select-enable-primary' is `t'. > > 1. runemacs.exe -Q > 2. (setq select-enable-primary t) > 3. M-x delete-selection-mode > 4. select region and kill > 5. select other region and yank > > The region selected by step 5 stays, not replace by yanked text. Since selecting text in step 5 puts the selected text in the primary selection, and thus overwrites the text saved there by the kill in step 4, I don't see how it makes sense to set select-enable-primary while using delete-selection-mode: these two options contradict each other in fundamental ways. On top of that, primary selection doesn't really exist on MS-Windows, it's only emulated inside the Emacs session, which makes its use even less useful. IOW, I don't see a bug here. Thanks.