From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How do I paste at new point with middle click? Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:43:44 +0300 Message-ID: <83lg9uq9fj.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1532882536 27898 195.159.176.226 (29 Jul 2018 16:42:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:42:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Bruce Korb Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 29 18:42:11 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fjolm-000760-N4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:42:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49019 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fjonr-0004Ir-LI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:44:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55859) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fjonH-0004Ik-8H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:43:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fjonE-00049x-61 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:43:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42314) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fjonE-00049p-1g; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:43:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1215 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fjonD-0008Lw-EM; Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:43:39 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Bruce Korb on Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:12:07 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:227950 Archived-At: > From: Bruce Korb > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:12:07 -0700 > > It used to work that way, but with a new installation and a clobbered > ~/.emacs file, > it doesn't any more. My search terms haven't located the answer. If I > want to paste > at the current point, I'd use Ctl-y. I used to demarcate a region with > left-click and > right-click and then drop the selection in a new place with > middle-click. Quick. Easy. What version of Emacs is that? If Emacs 24, look in NEWS for changes described under "Selection changes", if a later version of Emacs, look for that section in NEWS.24. In a nutshell, the handling of the primary selection and the clipboard has changed; NEWS explains the details and tells you how to get the old behavior back.