On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Tak Kunihiro <homeros.misasa@gmail.com> wrote:
​I wrote:
 
> I'd like to be able to:
> 1. Drag files from Dired to an editable window in another application, e.g. Chrome.
> 2. Select a region and have a mouse key binding that would drag it to the other application.

`mouse-drag-and-drop-region' (from 26) moves region within a frame.

​Excellent.  Thanks for the tip.  Some things I'm working on now will probably allow this to be extended across frames.

I wonder why it doesn't work to drop the text onto other applications.

Bob