From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Selection changes in revno 100822 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:10:03 +0900 Message-ID: <87pqxhz0dg.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <834oeyv3ww.fsf@gnu.org> <87mxsqyp98.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <83zkwptyij.fsf@gnu.org> <4C66660D.3090603@swipnet.se> <83sk2htp82.fsf@gnu.org> <4C66A8C5.4040203@harpegolden.net> <83hbixte8c.fsf@gnu.org> <87wrrs276x.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <83d3tis7qs.fsf@gnu.org> <838w46rlpa.fsf@gnu.org> <87k4npmfwy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87aaol1c5i.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282061606 24114 80.91.229.12 (17 Aug 2010 16:13:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:13:26 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 17 18:13:25 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OlOmw-0005vX-M2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:13:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46024 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OlOmu-0008NT-3N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:13:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46647 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OlOk2-0006g4-1G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:10:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OlOjy-0001za-5S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:10:19 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:59959) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OlOjx-0001zA-UU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:10:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OlOju-0003wJ-Hq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:10:14 +0200 Original-Received: from 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:10:14 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:10:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:7P3uLEmPY6Wey7kwmzbKgARTLu0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:128820 Archived-At: Miles Bader writes: >>> With C-y? The fact that C-y doesn't access PRIMARY _was_ the crux of >>> these changes, to make explicit keyboard-initiated paste operation >>> access the clipboard instead. >> >> How bout providing a separate command to paste PRIMARY? (Does any other >> X app provides a way to paste PRIMARY with the keyboard? I'm not aware >> of any.) > > I don't think other X apps are generally a very good guide for "how to > work with the keyboard"... Also note that this is my _most_ common way of operating... I select some text in another app with the mouse, then do C-y in emacs to paste it... (with the appropriate defaults changed to make it possible of course) -Miles -- ===== (^o^; (())) *This is the cute octopus virus, please copy it into your sig so it can spread.