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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net>
Cc: 18246@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18246: enriched-encode: should set inhibit-point-motion-hooks, too
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:26:17 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83vbpvgc6u.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d2c3q6pq.fsf@violet.siamics.net>

> From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net>
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:14:25 +0000
> 
> 	For one thing, I actually consider the ability to move point to
> 	the middle of virtually /any/ text, including “fixed,” in Emacs
> 	(it’s not just forms, – think of tmm-menubar, for instance, or
> 	minibuffer prompts) to be a considerable /advantage./  And it
> 	gets especially useful when, say, writing a guide, – copying
> 	text from menus, forms, etc. is not nearly as easy in the
> 	majority of the modern (non-tty) software.

Since Emacs knows about every piece of text it displays, there should
be no problem to have M-w or whatever copy into the
selection/clipboard text that comes from overlays or display
properties.  There are no obstacles here, just coding.





  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-14 18:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-11 12:09 bug#18246: enriched-encode: should set inhibit-point-motion-hooks, too Ivan Shmakov
2014-08-11 14:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-11 18:57   ` Ivan Shmakov
2014-08-12  3:15   ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-12 14:38     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-08-13  3:59       ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-13 15:08         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-08-13 22:50           ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-14 18:14             ` Ivan Shmakov
2014-08-14 18:26               ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-08-14 19:25                 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-12 14:53     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-14  8:31   ` Ivan Shmakov

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