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Cut and paste with C-w/mouse-2 not working?

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Message #166 received at 6774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Cc: cyd <at> stupidchicken.com, jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se, 6774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	angelo.graziosi <at> alice.it
Subject: Re: bug#6774: Cut and paste with C-w/mouse-2 not working?
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:29:01 +0200

>> So the C-f (or any other movement) would cause the selection of PRIMARY?
> When transient-mark-mode is on (including temporary one), I
> think yes.
>> That would have to be performed in some kind of post-command-hook, which
>> is undesirable.
> We can add a proper code to set_point_both like this code in
> init_iterator (xdisp.c).

Putting it in set_point_both would be much worse than on
post-command-hook (set-point-both is a very low-level function,
triggered in many more cases than just moving the cursor).


        Stefan

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