From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Cloos Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Selection changes in revno 100822 Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:19:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <834oeyv3ww.fsf@gnu.org> <87mxsqyp98.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <83zkwptyij.fsf@gnu.org> <4C66660D.3090603@swipnet.se> <83sk2htp82.fsf@gnu.org> <4C66A8C5.4040203@harpegolden.net> <83hbixte8c.fsf@gnu.org> <87wrrs276x.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8339ugu7vt.fsf@gnu.org> <87lj881xzf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281904075 5315 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2010 20:27:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:27:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Miles Bader To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 15 22:27:52 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 1Okjo4-0004We-3X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:27:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52166 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Okjo2-0004Fe-1O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:27:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55980 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Okjm6-0002l1-RQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:25:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkjFB-0000by-47 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:51:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eagle.jhcloos.com ([207.210.242.212]:37428) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkjFA-0000bI-UO; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:51:45 -0400 Original-Received: by eagle.jhcloos.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id 91C4C4019D; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:51:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jhcloos.com; s=eagle; t=1281901902; bh=Ifutz+88kjPp79RvtsZ+bK7JkbpzBm5zTrhjWc1EpQI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=WqnMpCnybzSrN2wPRaaa43Xz+kHkLVlv9PaZniFkr6Zvo9MOHOdKoow7G4RHxcZRE 9TZUzlMM0gr1vCXBz4V8MDmRoVOxQxOFBqJOLg9VdW/va+gHfl3cItbSIdFn887Ots 5WcFIqGO+buQ+qTAPWxisjqOutC26ZcQzzzBfdvg= Original-Received: from carbon.jhcloos.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carbon.jhcloos.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 723901D2130; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:19:48 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <87lj881xzf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:11:16 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAABHNCSVQICAgIfAhkiAAAAI1J REFUOE+lU9ESgCAIg64P1y+ngUdxhl5H8wFbbM0OmUiEhKkCYaZThXCo6KE5sCbA1DDX3genvO4d eBQgEMaM5qy6uWk4SfBYfdu9jvBN9nSVDOKRtwb+I3epboOsOX5pZbJNsBJFvmQQ05YMfieIBnYX FK2N6dOawd97r/e8RjkTLzmMsiVgrAoEugtviCM3v2WzjgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== Copyright: Copyright 2009 James Cloos OpenPGP: ED7DAEA6; url=http://jhcloos.com/public_key/0xED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Original-Lines: 21 X-Hashcash: 1:30:100815:emacs-devel@gnu.org::R6tjDMpW18POE1ct:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000XBB+f X-Hashcash: 1:30:100815:miles@gnu.org::gmwHCUVQwGns2gbk:0002EySz X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:128748 Archived-At: >>>>> "MB" == Miles Bader writes: MB> * For consistency within Emacs, C-SPC in transient-mark-mode MB> should set the primary. MB> * For C-SPC _not_ in transient-mark-mode, I think it MB> _shouldn't_ set the primary, since "selection" in this mode is MB> visually very distinct from the above types of selection (I don't MB> think users are likely to be confused by this). MB> Users _shouldn't have to think very hard about this_, and thus simple MB> rules are important. In this case I think a good simple rule is: MB> If you _see_ a selected region in Emacs (no matter how it was MB> selected), it's available as the primary for pasting in other apps. That is exactly the right thing to do. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6