Subject: Re: bug#32747: it's actually wishlist

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:44:33 -0400

severity 32747 wishlist
retitle 32747 C-M-w (append-next-kill) doesn't work with mouse kills
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Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> I understand that that's what happens. But it's not what _should_
> happen, IMO. `C-M-w' should make the following kill (or copy as
> kill) append to the previous kill-ring entry, in general.

> But in the case of the automatic copy  to the kill-ring just by
> selecting with the mouse, that automatic copy should be replaced
> by `C-M-w' when it is followed by another kill command.

> I realize that that behavior was not implemented. But it's the
> only behavior that makes sense, to allow `C-M-w' to work with
> mouse selections.