Re: Improving X selection?

[Jan Djärv]

Richard Stallman skrev:
>     The change, if any, I'd like is that C-y and M-w operates on CLIPBOARD, and 
>     that PRIMARY is left to mouse operations.
>
> ISTR that there are environments where it is bad to use the clipboard
> at all.  I don't remember what they are -- are there people that don't
> use the clipboard at all?

As both KDE/Qt and Gnome/Gtk+ are using the same specification where CLIPBOARD 
is important, that would be some odd/old environment.  Suns OpenWindows 
environment did some strange things with the CLIPBOARD, but it could still be 
used.

> Also, the basic idea seems mistaken.  When I select something in
> another program, I select it with the mouse because that's the only
> way.  That doesn't mean I should only be able to grab it in Emacs with
> the mouse.  C-y should work.

I think the basic idea is to move to a more Mac/W32/CUA-like model.  However, 
older X applications used just PRIMARY.

        Jan D.