GNU bug report logs - #7077
24.0.50; mouse-drag-copy-region - name should say copy as kill

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:38:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 7077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen' <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#7077: 24.0.50;
	mouse-drag-copy-region - name should say copy as kill
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:38:22 -0400

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Option names are important, including for finding the options in the
> first place.  We have a mechanism for renaming: create an alias and
> declare the old name deprecated/obsolete.  Nothing new here.

The improvement is too marginal to justify a rename + obsolete
declaration.
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