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Re: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes]
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes] |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:54:08 +0200 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:51:39 -0700
>
> > > We were told several times that users _would_ be able to
> > > get back exactly the pre-Emacs 24 selection behavior (at
> > > least on Windows, and I thought everywhere), and that we
> > > just had to wait patiently until the "wrinkles" were
> > > "ironed" out and we would be told how.
> >
> > That time has come and gone.
>
> Good to hear. So where's the explanation for users?
>
> NEWS is incomplete and incorrect (see bugs #7196 & #7195).
> I don't see it in the manuals either.
You've filed these bugs, and they will be handled. I thought this
thread was about something else. Is it?
> > I'm not aware of any problems with getting the old
> > behavior back by customizing mouse-drag-copy-region.
>
> Does that give exactly the same behavior as before? On all platforms?
Yes, AFAIK, if by "behavior" you mean the effect of selecting text
with a mouse.
> Yidong seems to have just said that that is impossible.
My name is not Yidong.
> > The only leftover I know about is your complain about the need to
> > customize mouse-drag-copy-region.
>
> You are inventing.
Am I? Then what's this about:
> From bug #6956: In previous Emacs releases on X Window, "Were users able to
> mouse-select and mouse-paste between sessions without first copying to the
> kill
> ring" (i.e. with nil `mouse-drag-copy-region')? I don't know the answer. If
> yes, then that feature has apparently been lost
?
> > If there are other problems left, please file specific bug reports.
>
> From bug #6956:
I said "_other_ problems". That means not this one.
- Re: Custom themes, (continued)
- Re: Custom themes, Chong Yidong, 2010/10/12
- Re: Custom themes, Eric Lilja, 2010/10/12
- Re: Custom themes, Christoph, 2010/10/12
- Re: Custom themes, David De La Harpe Golden, 2010/10/13
- Re: Custom themes, Chong Yidong, 2010/10/14
- Re: Custom themes, Miles Bader, 2010/10/14
- users and selection changes [was: Custom themes], Drew Adams, 2010/10/14
- Re: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes], Eli Zaretskii, 2010/10/14
- RE: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes], Drew Adams, 2010/10/14
- Re: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes],
Eli Zaretskii <=
- RE: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes], Drew Adams, 2010/10/14
- Re: users and selection changes [was: Custom themes], Eli Zaretskii, 2010/10/15
- Re: users and selection changes, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/10/15
- Re: users and selection changes, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/10/15
- Re: users and selection changes, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/10/15
- Re: users and selection changes, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/10/15
- Re: users and selection changes, Miles Bader, 2010/10/15
- Re: users and selection changes, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/10/15
- Re: users and selection changes, Miles Bader, 2010/10/15
- Re: users and selection changes, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/10/15