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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com, 53894 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53894: 27.2; Clipboard copy -> C-y -> M-y -> Same clipboard copy does not push to kill ring
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:16:59 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
>   53894 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:15:44 +0100
> 
> Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I should have known better than to think I could be right and you wrong
> > about some Emacs code I've just started looking at. Sorry about that.
> 
> No problem.  It's one of the many joys of working on a code base that's
> up to almost 40 years old: First you have to figure out what the (no
> doubt smart) programmer meant to achieve with the code, and then try to
> figure out whether it ever even did that, and then whether it's still
> working the same way, and then whether it's still relevant due to
> changes elsewhere, and then finally whether it can be improved without
> breaking odd edge cases on obscure systems you don't have access to.  🙃

Thanks, this is now added to DEVEL.HUMOR.

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