> From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> > To: "Francis Wright" <address@hidden> > Cc: address@hidden > Date: 03/06/2011 08:07 AM > Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Yank primary selection > Sent by: address@hidden >
> > From: "Francis Wright" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:39:21 -0000
> >
> > > In Emacs 24, only keyboard keys, like C-w/M-w copy text
into the
> > > clipboard, and only C-y paste it from the clipboard.
> >
> > May I ask why this change is being made in Emacs 24?
>
> For consistency with the X behavior. There was a long discussion
> thread about this on emacs-devel a few months ago, look it up if you
> want the details.
>
> > It seems like a step backwards and will stop me doing things
I do a
> > lot.
>
> I don't think you will be unable to do in Emacs 24 anything you do
> now, but if you give specific examples of what you have in mind, I
> will test them in Emacs 24 and see if there are any problems.
I agree that it's going in the wrong direction. Why
remove something so useful?
I like being able to cut by dragging the mouse and
paste with the middle mouse.
With other Windows applications, we're stuck with
C-C, C-v, but why hobble emacs to emulate a mediocre interface?