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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | bug#6774: Cut and paste with C-w/mouse-2 not working? |
Date: | Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:54:23 +0200 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I think it should and so does the applications that claim to > conform. Pressing Shift-Left Arrow starts a selection in those > X applications, and that sets PRIMARY. C-SPC C-f is Emacs way of doing > shift-selection as I see it. We don't have to treat shift-selection in the same way that we treat C-SPC C-f. > But emacs 23.1 at least does not do this for shift-selection. That is > unlike the other X apps. Why not take ownership of PRIMARY in this case? > It is not as it is a performance issue. You don't have to copy the text > until someone asks for it. C-SPC may be used for other purposes (e.g. C-SPC C-SPC) Stefan
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