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27.0.50; Slow visual selection

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Message #169 received at 29889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 29889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29889: 27.0.50; Slow visual selection
Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 13:16:42 +0200

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

>> I think for the new setting we're discussing, then that `C-f' should not
>> alter the selection (just like `open' doesn't today with the selections
>> it chooses).  That is, `C-x h' would say "put all of this in the
>> selection", just like `C-a' in Firefox does.
>
> But Firefox only says "own the selection", and transfers the contents of
> whatever happens to be highlighted at the time of a selection request.
>
> So if you move the highlighted area (with the moral equivalent of C-f),
> requestors will get the contents of the new area.

What's the equivalent of `C-f' in Firefox in this situation?  If you
mean "adjusting the area with the mouse", then that's already covered by
the definition of `only'.

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