From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Can we make x-select-enable-clipboard default to t? Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:16:07 -0400 Message-ID: <87fy0z6hs8.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> References: <87ejgkyyvx.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190920604 22066 80.91.229.12 (27 Sep 2007 19:16:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:16:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eric Hanchrow Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 27 21:16:39 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Iayqd-00045U-6Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:16:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IayqZ-0003cm-FZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:16:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IayqW-0003cX-RY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:16:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IayqU-0003Zw-MQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:16:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IayqU-0003Zm-FX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:16:22 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.andrew.cmu.edu ([128.2.10.85]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IayqU-0006Ai-4p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:16:22 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (JBMS.WV.CC.cmu.edu [128.237.250.25]) (user=jmaitins mech=GSSAPI (0 bits)) by smtp.andrew.cmu.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8RJFqJ9004213 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:15:53 -0400 X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring In-Reply-To: <87ejgkyyvx.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> (Eric Hanchrow's message of "Thu\, 27 Sep 2007 07\:19\:14 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.60 on 128.2.10.85 X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:79964 Archived-At: Eric Hanchrow writes: > I think beginner's lives would be easier if x-select-enable-clipboard > defaulted to t -- then Emacs would work the way most other > applications do, namely: when you select some text, you can then paste > it into other applications. Unfortunately, because of limitations in X, settings this means that getting selections from programs like xterm that use only the primary selection does not work very reliably. -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard