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27.0.50; Slow visual selection

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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: bug#29889: 27.0.50; Slow visual selection
Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 14:11:09 +0200

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

> Programmatically, via JavaScript:
>
>   window.getSelection ().modify ("extend", "forward", "character");

I don't think we have to care about that a lot...

> or shift-selection.

I tried `C-a' and the `S-<left>' and stuff in Firefox, but nothing seems
to be happening...

> 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.

But we do that already -- that's what `open' is about.

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