GNU bug report logs - #6689
24.0.50; No primary selection

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Message #26 received at 6689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net>
Cc: cyd <at> stupidchicken.com, 6689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#6689: 24.0.50; No primary selection
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:39:48 +0300

> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:20:42 +0100
> From: David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net>
> Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 6689 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> There may be a way to make [w32 emacs' internal primary emulation]
> cross-session or even get primary-like behaviour to/from other w32
> apps (involving accessibility apis), but it would be somewhat
> nontrivial.

Why would it make sense to do such a thing?  Windows does not have any
"primary selection", it has only the clipboard.  Windows users do not
expect anything but the clipboard to work between applications.

> Mind you, if you naively reversed the settings as presented in NEWS, it 
> wouldn't actually restore the old settings on w32, because the fact w32 
> e.g. already had x-select-enable-clipboard on by default isn't noted.

Would reverting the defaults of all those variables except
x-select-enable-clipboard revert to the old behavior on Windows?

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