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Re: Selection changes in revno 100822


From: James Cloos
Subject: Re: Selection changes in revno 100822
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:19:48 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>>>>> "MB" == Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

MB> * For consistency within Emacs, C-SPC <movement> in transient-mark-mode
MB>   should set the primary.

MB> * For C-SPC <movement> _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
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James Cloos <address@hidden>         OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6



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