GNU bug report logs - #29889
27.0.50; Slow visual selection

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Message #172 received at 29889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
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 20:07:56 +0800

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> 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'.

Programmatically, via JavaScript:

  window.getSelection ().modify ("extend", "forward", "character");

or shift-selection.  The point is, whatever is displayed in the region
face must be sent to requestors asking for the primary selection.  We
should not invent distinctions between shift-selection, mouse dragging,
and cursor movement.

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