GNU bug report logs - #24421
25.1.50; mouse-yank-primary should be bound to down-mouse-2

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 24421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24421: 25.1.50; mouse-yank-primary should be bound to down-mouse-2
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:23:43 +0200

Am Mi., 9. Okt. 2019 um 17:49 Uhr schrieb Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>:
>
> Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > At least in all the Gnome apps I've tried, the primary X selection is
> > already inserted on the middle mouse button down event, not the up
> > event.  Therefore I'd suggest to change the binding of
> > mouse-yank-primary from mouse-2 to down-mouse-2.  This might even
> > partially solve the Gnome-Terminal issue described in
> > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=24420.
>
> I'm not seeing this in Firefox or calibre; the selection is inserted on
> the mouse button up event.  xterm does the same.
>
> What applications did you test?

I'll re-check once I have access to a machine with Gnome (in two weeks or so).

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