Re: don't yank keymap text properties

[Kim F. Storm]

Alex Schroeder <address@hidden> writes:

> I can't remember whether Kim Storm implemented something like this or
> not.  

RMS did the initial work, I made some extensions...

>       Jorgen Schaefer <address@hidden> sent me the following patch
> to simple.el.  What do you think?  I think it makes sense.  Having
> keymap properties yanked has bothered me on several occasions.

There is already a defcustom named `yank-excluded-properties' which 
includes read-only, keymap, and local-map properties. 

So I don't see why the proposed patch is needed...


> 
> The patch is small, should I apply it?  I don't think we need papers
> for it.
> 
> Alex.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> A little patch to allow me to do
> 
> (setq yank-remove-text-properties '(read-only nil
>                                     keymap nil
>                                     local-map nil))
> 
> to get rid of all those pasted buttons :) Might even be a more
> sensible default.
> 
> Greetings,
>         -- Jorgen
> 
> P.S. You might want to change the :version in the defcustom.
> 
> 
> --- simple.el.old     2003-10-11 15:31:16.000000000 +0200
> +++ simple.el 2003-10-11 15:33:36.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1881,6 +1881,12 @@
>  
>  ;; Yanking.
>  
> +(defcustom yank-remove-text-properties '(read-only nil) 
> +  "*Which text properties to remove on a `yank'."
> +  :group 'killing
> +  :type 'plist
> +  :version "21.3")
> +
>  (defun yank-pop (arg)
>    "Replace just-yanked stretch of killed text with a different stretch.
>  This command is allowed only immediately after a `yank' or a `yank-pop'.
> @@ -1905,7 +1911,7 @@
>      (let ((opoint (point)))
>        (insert (current-kill arg))
>        (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
> -     (remove-text-properties opoint (point) '(read-only nil))))
> +     (remove-text-properties opoint (point) yank-remove-text-properties)))
>      (if before
>       ;; This is like exchange-point-and-mark, but doesn't activate the mark.
>       ;; It is cleaner to avoid activation, even though the command
> @@ -1933,7 +1939,7 @@
>                          ((eq arg '-) -1)
>                          (t (1- arg)))))
>      (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
> -      (remove-text-properties opoint (point) '(read-only nil))))
> +      (remove-text-properties opoint (point) yank-remove-text-properties)))
>    (if (consp arg)
>        ;; This is like exchange-point-and-mark, but doesn't activate the mark.
>        ;; It is cleaner to avoid activation, even though the command
> 
> 
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