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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 9894@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9894: mouse-yank-primary does not set mark
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:52:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvty6ts2h7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <838vo5bo4x.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:56:14 +0200")

>> Using the mouse, hold down the left mouse button and drag to select the
>> text "buffer is for" in the scratch buffer.
>> Release left mouse button, move mouse towards the bottom of the window.
>> Press middle button to paste the previously selected text.
>> Press C-x C-x.
>> The cursor goes to the near the start of the buffer, just after "This".
>> 
>> Contrast with Emacs 23.3, where the cursor goes to the start of the text
>> that was just pasted. Perhaps the new behaviour is intentional?

Yup that's a bug.

> Mouse-2 is now bound to a different command than it was in Emacs 23.3,
> as you well know.  Isn't this change part of the selection-related
> changes in Emacs 24 that the different binding was part of?  Pasting
> with mouse-2 doesn't go through the kill ring now.

Yes, it has changed, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't push a mark
like the old code did.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-28 12:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-28  4:15 bug#9894: mouse-yank-primary does not set mark Glenn Morris
2011-10-28  6:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-28 12:52   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-10-29  6:09 ` Chong Yidong

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