From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bruce Korb Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12750: Highlighting text no longer works Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:14:36 -0700 Message-ID: References: <508D5A4D.3020604@gmail.com> <83objm8ry1.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351455345 17487 80.91.229.3 (28 Oct 2012 20:15:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:15:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12750@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 28 21:15:53 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TSZGy-00005W-8z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:15:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36022 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSZGq-0005Ja-64 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:15:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54732) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSZGn-0005J8-8J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:15:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSZGm-0001jf-4w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:15:41 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54960) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSZGm-0001jb-1s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:15:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSZJ3-0007hg-L1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:18:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Bruce Korb Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:18:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12750 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12750-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12750.135145544129567 (code B ref 12750); Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:18:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12750) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Oct 2012 20:17:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36978 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSZIO-0007gq-VI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:17:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-f172.google.com ([209.85.214.172]:51083) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSZIM-0007gh-Rg for 12750@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:17:19 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ob0-f172.google.com with SMTP id v19so3820334obq.3 for <12750@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:14:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=gcIl1kdySK3JsTJNzSy7mvNXhemeAKrR3ijzIqGNkbg=; b=cF/2LDzQv2jzyP7o6fO8Vwr/L39iScaRGydr1lWC2qIpyhtAUG+gXVXbFPCyqwW7xF PYFmvG6wXx+1qzJ4WRIZ0AJHeemU1C8/aaBYBprXC6a8PNbOcmBVo5rpTtuvFJJM8ogw PcwHiEvLlfo9UV6gJtKOiker/ajgmwOWhDfqrrrJy1xV/jmViIn0yjVcjXyxY/oYgHjy gk1vKoBtXcMtY4nopmWn2Rl9VRrVFYPZRvS32QdM2R51eaXR/bvsr7soiIhUYdX01hTL F40Aqu+BwCBVF76EYT5lG+H6b6VRgwrHtMZBgRjHn+y/gvcbAdP/S+CqZ6QxL9rcn1eg slcg== Original-Received: by 10.182.172.74 with SMTP id ba10mr23318634obc.83.1351455296259; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:14:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.76.69.39 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:14:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83objm8ry1.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66157 Archived-At: Hi Eli, Thank you. On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Actually, it's a feature: it was deemed a Good Thing to behave like > the other GUI applications. [...] > See this entry in NEWS (what you want, if you still do, is at the > end): It is quite inconvenient to switch stuff like this without more readily apparent announcements. Folks like me do not ever deliberately update things, so we don't go reading "NEWS" of the 100+ things that get updated automatically. > ** Selection changes. > > The default handling of clipboard and primary selections has been > changed to conform with modern X applications. In short, most > commands for killing and yanking text now use the clipboard, while > mouse commands use the primary selection. Sounds like the mouse ought to be using the clipboard to me. Using separate mechanisms is clumsy. This may explain why I have so much difficulty pasting stuff into a Chrome buffer. I think they must have it confused and wrong, too. Seems to work okay in Firefox. For Chrome, I often must go figure out where in heck the "edit"->"select" thingy is and go through that menu operation in order to be able to paste my text. The separation was not well considered. (expletives elided.) > In the following, we provide a list of these changes, followed by a > list of steps to get the old behavior back if you prefer that. The "modern" approach is brain damaged, so, yes, I prefer it. > *** To return to the previous behavior, do the following: > > **** Change `select-active-regions' to nil. > **** Change `mouse-drag-copy-region' to t. > **** Change `x-select-enable-primary' to t (on X only). > **** Change `x-select-enable-clipboard' to nil. > **** Bind `mouse-yank-at-click' to mouse-2. It is really helpful to have explicit instructions: *** To return to the previous behavior, add the following to your .emacs file: (setq select-active-regions nil) (setq mouse-drag-copy-region 't) (setq x-select-enable-primary 't) (setq x-select-enable-clipboard nil) (global-set-key [mouse-2] 'mouse-yank-at-click)