From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The X window system, yanking, and pasting using the mouse Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:56:51 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87hbcvkrgr.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296111813 13494 80.91.229.12 (27 Jan 2011 07:03:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:03:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Manoj Srivastava Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 27 08:03:29 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiLtA-0003xo-Ie for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:03:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49932 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PiLt9-0004Ap-Ed for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:03:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44899 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PiLmr-0000Fq-QK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:56:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiLmq-0003SQ-MZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:56:57 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:44928) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiLmq-0003SJ-Jj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:56:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiLml-0001U7-QO; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:56:51 -0500 In-reply-to: <87hbcvkrgr.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> (message from Manoj Srivastava on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:31:16 -0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." 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:135076 Archived-At: > From: Manoj Srivastava > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:31:16 -0800 > Mail-Copies-To: never > > In Emacs, I select text by: > 1) C-SPC (set-mark-command) C-f C-f M-w (kill-ring-save) > 2) Down-mouse-1 drag-mouse-1 up-mouse-one (mouse-drag-region) > 3) Down-mouse-1 Down-mouse-3 (mouse-save-then-kill > > I would like each of these methods to copy things over so that a > middle mouse click in an xterm to paste the text in the region. > > What changes do I need to make to get this? This is supposed to be explained in NEWS, under "Selection changes". It includes a paragraph on how to restore pre-Emacs 24 behavior. If something is unclear or doesn't work as explained there, please submit specific bug reports.