From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Selection changes Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:31:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ocea2ax1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279243896 1023 80.91.229.12 (16 Jul 2010 01:31:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:31:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 16 03:31:35 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 1OZZm3-00033q-3X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:31:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38676 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OZZm2-0004v8-FR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:31:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44456 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OZZlw-0004uC-PM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:31:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OZZlv-0005tz-VX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:31:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:36668) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OZZlv-0005tv-FD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:31:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZZlv-0005gw-7K; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:31:27 -0400 In-reply-to: <87ocea2ax1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:08:58 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.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:127401 Archived-At: I've changed the way Emacs interacts with the X clipboard and selection, to bring it in line with how other X applications behave. For most users, the main visible change is that `kill' and `yank' now interact with the clipboard. One advantage of this change is that the Cut/Copy/Paste menu bar items are just the usual C-w/M-w/C-y commands. I have a vague recollection that it worked this way long ago and it caused problems for users. That was in the 90s and I don't remember details.