From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kaushal Modi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: purpose and usage of secondary-selection ??? 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So you either deleted this email by mistake or it went to spam? On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 2:08 PM ken wrote: > Hmmm. I searched both my Inbox and Spam/Junk folder and found neither > my own post or the reply. That's very strange. > > On 09/16/2016 01:14 PM, Kaushal Modi wrote: > > > > It showed. You also got a reply. > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 12:56 PM ken > > wrote: > > > > Sometimes while typing on my laptop I accidentally brush against the > > touchpad and inadvertantly mess up something. Today, while not even > > emacs, this happened, affecting what happened in an emacs frame which > > previously didn't even have the focus. > > > > What I ended up in that emacs frame was that a random section of text > > was set to background yellow. Investigating further, I found that > > text > > with the yellow background was a secondary-selection. But I couldn't > > find anything in the Help screens describing anything about it, > except > > its properties. So here are my questions: > > > > What is/are the purpose(s) of a secondary-selection? > > > > What can be done with a secondary-selection...? and how to do them? > > > > How do I undo this secondary-selection... i.e., make the selection go > > away without changing the file/buffer in any way? > > > > > > Thanks much. > > > > Note: I sent this same email to the group on Tuesday, but it never > > showed. Has the server been down? > > > > -- > > > > Kaushal Modi > > > > -- Kaushal Modi