GNU bug report logs - #5855
23.1.95; OS X file drag-and-drop inserts into current buffer

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Packages: emacs, ns;

Reported by: Robin Dunn <robin <at> alldunn.com>

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 18:59:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 10050

Found in version 24.0.90

Done: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Robin Dunn <robin <at> alldunn.com>
Cc: 5855 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5855: 23.1.95; OS X file drag-and-drop inserts into current buffer
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:06:21 -0500

Robin Dunn wrote:

> When dragging a text file from Finder and dropping in an Emacs window
> the contents of the file are inserted into the current buffer near the
> drop point instead of making a new buffer for the file.

Sorry for the very slow reply. I happened to just now read in the Mac OS
section of the Emacs manual:

  The default behavior when a user drags files from another application
  into an Emacs frame is to insert the contents of all the dragged files
  into the current buffer.  To remap the `ns-drag-file' event to open the
  dragged files in the current frame use the following line:

     (define-key global-map [ns-drag-file] 'ns-find-file)

I don't know if it works, or if it should be the default.
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