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Un-obsolete x-clipboard-yank, or provide analogous functional

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Message #51 received at 27442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 27442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#27442: Un-obsolete x-clipboard-yank, or provide analogous
 functional
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:15:52 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,  Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru,  27442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:20:30 +0200
> 
> >> It just makes `M-x clipboard-yank' defeat the "check for duplicates"
> >> logic and always return the contents of the clipboard.
> >
> > But that would mean we throw away the baby together with the
> > bathwater, no?  Why would we want to do that?
> 
> No, this is the command `M-x clipboard-yank' only, which should always
> return the clipboard contents.  The DWIM stuff in this gui selection
> function is for `C-y' and friends.

Ah, okay.  Then I guess your fix should be fine, thanks.

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