mandar.mitra@gmail.com writes:

> I would like to use C-y or <middle button> to yank the primary X
> selection in Emacs.
>
> C-y and middle button both work as expected after a kill (since the
> kill updates the primary selection), but if I use the mouse to create a
> new primary selection after that, and then do a C-y, I still get the
> last killed text, instead of the new primary selection.
>
> Is there some way to yank whichever is more recent: the last killed
> text or the primary selection?

  It works for me (Emacs 22) and AFAIR, it has always worked.

  However, if you use emacs -nw, I don't think the problem is « emacs
  solvable ».

  Regards.

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