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[PATCH] Let eww-copy-page-url append to existing kill
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Message #26 received at 77857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> From: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
> Cc: stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 77857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:29:39 +0530
>
> Eli Zaretskii writes:
>
> >> From: James Thomas
> >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii, 77857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 14:54:27 +0530
> >>
> >> Stefan Kangas writes:
> >>
> >> > Makes sense to me, but I think we should make it optional somehow. It's
> >> > not the typical use case, and it changes current behavior.
> >>
> >> Eli Zaretskii writes:
> >>
> >> > That's an incompatible change in behavior, no?
> >>
> >> Well... no (isn't it?). It only happens with 'C-M-w' before 'w', which
> >> currently has no effect: (info "(emacs) Appending Kills").
> >
> > That's the change: previously Emacs produced different results in this
> > case. People might not expect the 'w' command to do that, they might
> > expect that their previous kill remains intact.
>
> No, I mean, they'd _have_ to press 'C-M-w' for that to happen, right
> before the 'w' - which they'd do only if they wanted this.
>
> I think we're miscommunicating:
>
> Previously: C-M-w w: A simple copy (so no one would type the C-M-w).
> Now: C-M-w w: Appended to the previous kill.
>
> (There's no change in 'w's behaviour without an immediately preceding
> 'C-M-w')
What I have in mind is the sequence "M-w w" or "C-w w". AFAIU,
previously, 'w' would start a new kill-ring entry, but with your
suggestion it will append to whatever C-w/M-w killed before it.
Right?
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