Re: selected text is PRIMARY?

[Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan tamu edu>]

Xavier Bestel wrote:

> It does not cause any problem. Just some people want to switch from a
> well-defined behavior (one PRIMARY per DISPLAY) 
Noone wants to change *this*.

> to a fuzzy one: you want
> to have several selections, but how many ?
> - One selection per application ?
> - One selection per window ?
> - One selection per widget ?
>  
One selection per whatever thing user can select text in.
Just think about "select text using mouse" and it becomes
pretty simple.
I believe it means one selection per widget in practice,
though there may be crazy widgets which can have multiple
selections as well (maybe some canvas with fancy stuff inside).

> (Note that you can have more than one application per window).
>  
You do not select text in applications, you select it in windows,
controls, widgets, boxes, etc.

> I smell the mess, inconsistent between toolkits and applications.
>  
We already have inconsistency between toolkits and applications,
it's not a reason to continue to limit useful functionality.

> Keep to well-defined and simple behavior, guys.
>  
What exactly in multiple selections business is complicated or not
well-defined? The question "how many" above is not an answer:
it's the same question as whether given widget should be able to
have selection at all.

Regards,
Yevgen