From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6774: Cut and paste with C-w/mouse-2 not working? Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:33:53 -0400 Message-ID: <8739ut28zy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <4C55EF50.3080100@alice.it> <4C5645A1.7000500@harpegolden.net> <87y6coby49.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4C572AE6.7070104@harpegolden.net> <871vaf69yk.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4C583276.9080201@harpegolden.net> <4C5839AD.1070100@harpegolden.net> <24D40AC336D84E32AA25A7144833C966@us.oracle.com> <4C59D72D.1020901@harpegolden.net> <9F304235B7CB4BFD86ADDACD87071545@us.oracle.com> <87fwyt29ra.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280968705 18371 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2010 00:38:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6774@debbugs.gnu.org, 'Angelo Graziosi' , 'Miles Bader' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 05 02:38:22 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1OgoTW-0005e4-F0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:38:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40914 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OgoTV-0003AK-SP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:38:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48046 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OgoTM-00038R-Fu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:38:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OgoTK-0005X2-O6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:38:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57473) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OgoTK-0005Wy-MY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:38:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OgoPK-0004mJ-EH; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6774 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6774-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6774.128096840718358 (code B ref 6774); Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6774) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Aug 2010 00:33:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OgoOk-0004m3-Uv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:33:27 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po45.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.79]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OgoOj-0004ly-4R for 6774@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:33:25 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014221.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po45.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o750XrJN031904 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:33:54 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0BDDBC013; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:33:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 4 Aug 2010 17:24:44 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:34:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39252 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > I'm not concerned about the reason for the changes on Posix (although > I am a bit curious). And AFAIK _no_ reason has been given for > changing the default behavior on Windows. > > The only explanation I saw for the changes I've seen on Windows was > that these were temporary bugs introduced accidentally and that would > soon be corrected. Eli too asked that the previous default behavior > be restored on Windows, IIUC. I thought that was going to happen, and > I still hope that it will. The behavior on Windows will be fixed; in the meantime, there is no point adding hacks into the code to back out the changes just for Windows, which would have to be taken out later. The development sources are for development.