> From: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> > To: "Francis Wright" <f.j.wri...@qmul.ac.uk> > Cc: help-emacs-windows@gnu.org > Date: 03/06/2011 08:07 AM > Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Yank primary selection > Sent by: help-emacs-windows-bounces+kgold=watson.ibm....@gnu.org > > > From: "Francis Wright" <f.j.wri...@qmul.ac.uk> > > Cc: <help-emacs-windows@gnu.org> > > 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?
