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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:128794 Archived-At: On Mon, Aug 16 2010, Miles Bader wrote: > Manoj Srivastava writes: >> As an end user, I don't know whether the highlighted text I >> see goes into Primary, Secondary, or clipboard (I use X windows on a >> GNU/Linux machine). I see it highlighted, and am very confused as to >> why it sometimes does not yank with C-y. I find this inconsistency in >> Emacs confusing. > > Can you try: > > (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t) > (setq x-select-enable-primary t) > > They make things work better for me. Thanks. That did work; and I think that ought to be the default if we detect that the window-system is X, but I am content now that I know how to get things working as I wanted. I still find the doc string of select-active-regions to be unclear, since I am not sure when "deactivate-mark" happens, and I suspect most users would also not know. Could the documentation be clarified as to what the user visible changes that setting it to 'lazy vs setting it to t are? thanks manoj -- Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time. Pericles Manoj Srivastava 4096R/C5779A1C E37E 5EC5 2A01 DA25 AD20 05B6 CF48 9438 C577 9A1C