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#1765: Copy/paste inconsistent with other X apps Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:33:24 -0500 Message-ID: <87r63j4uez.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 1765@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231040624 26240 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2009 03:43:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 03:43:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1765@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "Ole Laursen" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 04 04:44:54 2009 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 4.50) id 1LJJv1-0003Og-SD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:44:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47242 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LJJtm-0000sm-AL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:43:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LJJti-0000sV-7W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:43:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LJJtg-0000rc-SQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:43:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60250 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LJJtg-0000rV-H9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:43:28 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:58526) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LJJtf-0000Rl-Ss for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:43:28 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n043hNYl019081; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:43:23 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n043e4hD017998; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:40:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:40:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 1765 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1765-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1765.123104000116579 (code B ref 1765); Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:40:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1765) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Jan 2009 03:33:21 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n043XICD016573 for <1765@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:33:19 -0800 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6458A57E18A; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 22:33:24 -0500 (EST) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:43:29 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:23739 Archived-At: > In every other recent X app I have tried, copy/pasting works the way > that the mouse selection = copy and middle click = paste is seperate > from the C-c/C-v clipboard. I think it makes sense to change the > Emacs behaviour to make it a good citizen in the free desktop. And > it's arguably also more likely to prevent loss of clips. Set x-select-enable-clipboard to t. (We might consider making this the default after the release. ISTR there was a technical reason not to do this, but details elude me right now. Maybe it's a matter of speed?)