GNU bug report logs - #3468
Support drag and drop of text on MS Windows

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From: Cecilio Pardo <cpardo <at> imayhem.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 3468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3468: drag and drop text
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:17:26 +0200

On 29/09/2024 9:19, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> +  if (files->fWide)
> 
> What determines whether we get "wide" file names or ANSI file names?
> We want to get "wide" file names where possible, but I don't see where
> we request that?

We can't request it, I suppose it depends on the OS version or the 
program sending the drop.

> If this runs in a non-main thread, then we cannot do this: calling
> functions that manipulate Lisp data in non-main threads is a no-no.
> Can we instead delegate the actual processing to where
> WM_EMACS_DROPSTRING is processed?  If not, why not?

It runs indeed on the "shell thread". I'll move all the processing to 
the message handler.

Thanks a lot for your review, and sorry for all the style mistakes.

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