Re: [BUG] [PATCH] Add yank-media and DND handler [9.6.7 (9.6.7-g6eb773 @ /home/viz/lib/emacs/straight/build/org/)]

[Visuwesh]

[வெள்ளி அக்டோபர் 20, 2023] Ihor Radchenko wrote:

> Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>>> Because nobody added you manually to the CC in this branch of the
>>> discussion. You would only be automatically in the CC in the replies to
>>> your message (87bkdccihf.fsf@yahoo.com), but not the earlier branches.
>>
>> The follow-up I mentioned lists 87bkdccihf.fsf@yahoo.com within
>> In-Reply-To.
>
> I see. I use wide reply by default, personally. I did not drop you or
> anyone from CC in this thread on purpose.

I also use wide-reply but the problem was that I neglected to include Po
Lu in the CCs when I replied to a message in another sub-thread that
referred to Po Lu's message.  So the issue raised by Po Lu was addressed
but he was effectively dropped from the discussion due to my negligence.

>>> Do you mean something like a standardized entry in `dnd-protocol-alist'
>>> that is independent on OS? Instead of (REGEXP . FUNCTION),
>>> (SYMBOL . FUNCTION) with SYMBOL = 'file-list or so.
>>
>> I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you're proposing.  Would you
>> please couch it differently?
>
> Instead of passing dnd data as is from the OS, Emacs can convert it into
> a standardized format, independent of the OS. Then,
> `dnd-protocol-alist' can allow handlers for such standardized dnd type.
>
> In our scenario, the dnd data will be dropped file list. Emacs should
> internally detect such file lists for GNU/Linux / Windows / other
> platforms with dnd support and then convert them into the same format.
> Then, dnd users can add (file-list . FUNCTION) into `dnd-protocol-alist'
> and the FUNCTION will be passed with the converted data that will always
> be the same for all the OSes.
>
> Does it make sense?

BTW, I would also like to have something like dnd-protocol-alist but for
dropped _text_ instead.  Currently, every dropped text is handled by
dnd-insert-text but I would like to have a handler so that e.g., I can
add the relevant bibtex entry for the DOI _text_ (10.BLAH/BLAH no fancy
link) onto an Emacs window visiting a bibtex file.  I currently do this
via an advice but it would be nice to have something less hacky.