From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Manoj Srivastava Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The X window system, yanking, and pasting using the mouse Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:42:18 -0800 Organization: Manoj Srivastava's Home Message-ID: <87tygtfmhh.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> References: <87hbcvkrgr.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> <4D41E53F.9070700@harpegolden.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296206023 8975 80.91.229.12 (28 Jan 2011 09:13:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:13:43 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 28 10:13:39 2011 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 1PikOg-0007iC-Ui for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:13:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40950 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PikOg-0006Rw-B9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:13:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49547 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pijug-0008Jx-9n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:42:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pijue-0004JV-VW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:42:38 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:39505) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pijue-0004JJ-Jh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:42:36 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pijub-0002b9-9L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:42:33 +0100 Original-Received: from c-67-182-138-215.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([67.182.138.215]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:42:33 +0100 Original-Received: from srivasta by c-67-182-138-215.hsd1.wa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:42:33 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-182-138-215.hsd1.wa.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACYAAAAwCAMAAABKbPgaAAAAM1BMVEUAAADIjH/0rp1KPz79 0b+ic2nlpJc2Ly2AY17VlYb4uqi2gHQXFBN2WVXgno5iT02Xa2Nx+jaIAAACVElEQVQ4jeWU23bj IAxFLUAggQX6/6+dI9LGTpo+9mlYiXNhc3TnOP50naZE0tqvgEk+soutnNfQ8yPTWMTENhNrjI+Y +N7POVt8tAzpn2vJlsmttbyfrdkP7hx5iezteGzsbOts7xT+tC1mcG+LtRP2X/16bEQExuyx1uZW vscrAWUT8aE0aDBeBuw8nS5u4WgWyDCllOZUBeyWgbWbGrBsTDpTx0qpphlcYPcgJLvBXFClPMg5 6WH2JidLIAaDF5aAed7uPTH4bjw0bZvfajp2tHc1F+cBm+Vr9YomGSwNhbmcczYEWUu5MBpYvCLV F+ZIKwQfYB+CBXnIRQFvIRhK6l96PemsFLEPFxi+MPxiTYH0Ave1InPsIYes3NJb42ytBSmmysyj lIQYHJm6Im1WbQ0kWMesKFRFPKTDzJ3GhWUn2KWKEkWlKthoACLm2eWJQQh2qKbAUgQxa+8TVjn1 aySm8656ookCfCc5TRzvnZ6YOu3NpHg+uR5YuRkNF/b5IHq5Y7Ve6c2+sR4hqIZ3+5DCt3ukh8Eo vFIXVJxqfMdbkd/BF3YaQkB/2RIUHPMS7RLVAHefrYzWZVQ/ei4peBsROFLi90ltQyvF5I05t4Zs L4C9DODJ2AZCUf8UitGjCIdfx15QQkfZibTOGT3edxns5fY6F2rstKcTwiiaJnQwvYkdzTlaTqNH IkSmGdLrON45tGsMNDoSYr4bxH5emHEFaoFjKBahHXFXfLx9cR9p6ejJXihuxPz57gWHZkWovbPl 9gsU8eImtBi++3D+f+sfT/Mg79fyEz8AAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-URL: http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:Y1zp+q2Li7R45G9h5PymRMNGRiM= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 80.91.229.12 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:135137 Archived-At: On Thu, Jan 27 2011, David De La Harpe Golden wrote: > First place in your ~/.emacs: > > (global-set-key [mouse-2] 'mouse-yank-at-click) > > Then do: > > mouse-drag-copy-region t > select-active-regions nil > x-select-enable-primary t > x-select-enable-clipboard nil > > I also acknowledge the customisations are confusing. I still do not > see a way to make a saner scheme without breaking some source-code > backward compatibility (n.b. a saner scheme should be possible with > "user visible behaviour" backward compatibility.) Thanks. If these instructions are added to NEWS, us old timers would be happy, I think. manoj -- To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and, whatever you hit, call it the target. Manoj Srivastava 4096R/C5779A1C E37E 5EC5 2A01 DA25 AD20 05B6 CF48 9438 C577 9A1C