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: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:41:58 -0400 Message-ID: <87y6coby49.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <4C55EF50.3080100@alice.it> <4C5645A1.7000500@harpegolden.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280779723 26199 80.91.229.12 (2 Aug 2010 20:08:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:08:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6774@debbugs.gnu.org, Angelo Graziosi To: David De La Harpe Golden Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 02 22:08:42 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 1Og1JQ-0002ps-H1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:08:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33732 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Og1JP-00035e-Vc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:08:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33574 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Og1Iq-0002oV-OA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:08:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Og1Io-0005lm-HE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:08:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39406) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Og1Io-0005li-Fl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Og0te-0000c2-9x; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:42:02 -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: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:42:02 +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=B6774.12807780992344 (code B ref 6774); Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6774) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Aug 2010 19:41:39 +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 1Og0tG-0000bl-Mv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:41:39 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po23.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.117]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Og0tE-0000bd-N3 for 6774@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:41:37 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014221.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po23.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o72JfwJT022435 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:41:59 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D1F03C013; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:41:58 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4C5645A1.7000500@harpegolden.net> (David De La Harpe Golden's message of "Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:12:17 +0100") 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: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:42:02 -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:39169 Archived-At: David De La Harpe Golden writes: > Yes, there's a problem here - I guess emacs is keeping primary bound > to a span that's become zero-length. Again. After thinking about this, my opinion is that the Emacs command loop---or rather prepare_to_modify_buffer in insdel.c---should make a copy of the primary selection before running before-change-functions. Then, deactivate-mark should check if the resulting string is empty; and, if so, set the primary to that saved copy. I haven't looked at your branch; is this the approach you implemented?