GNU bug report logs - #53894
27.2; Clipboard copy -> C-y -> M-y -> Same clipboard copy does not push to kill ring

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Message #116 received at 53894 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, 53894 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53894: 27.2; Clipboard copy -> C-y -> M-y -> Same clipboard
 copy does not push to kill ring
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:35:32 +0200

> From: Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
>  53894 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:12:44 +0100
> 
> I have installed the development version of Emacs and made a first patch
> attempt, preserving the structure of the program as much as possible. I
> have not tested thoroughly, but it works for all the cases I have
> tried. I have attached it to this mail, and comment each change
> below. Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

My worry after skimming this is that you are making X-specific changes
in places that are used by non-X GUI environments and window-systems.
Can't we do all that entirely in X-specific code, so that the
probability of breaking other window-systems would be strictly zero?

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