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 ??? Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:14:24 +0000 Message-ID: References: <069e306f-360f-50ad-9c51-ebec2861d42a@mousecar.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474046128 18187 195.159.176.226 (16 Sep 2016 17:15:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:15:28 +0000 (UTC) To: gebser@mousecar.com, GNU Emacs List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 16 19:15:20 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkwjN-0003Qi-AV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 19:15:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42799 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkwjL-0001P8-GD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:15:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33631) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkwij-0001I9-Lk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:14:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkwii-0004dw-M5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:14:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vk0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::236]:34268) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkwii-0004dg-HP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:14:36 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-vk0-x236.google.com with SMTP id g9so36657269vkg.1 for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:14:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=/4naIuKRs2QJdmW28K0Udsv0NKoLee+3rZpXYvXHZ6A=; b=IT3Ki1gQD1m3oM6AzstY4OrFFfrT8dK6jbMaF0NrW/+3s6O/WE/ZePy1TXzMTtOS44 lnNDF6lxBL4zNNrSQ/y2vsedJPBGf+ziShvwxQ5VPOBOHX7C9LJyW9MVZzSdLuFOVFVo gHMJm4oImOLs8cSndegM2TOv36I5QEUVyIfhojnzjNc445zeL1QrvWnj8wFSbBIaBUNv FietPM6DujcoXI2FhGgjAQ9Ri8OMfGAH43vvK+47haX0tLC7YZ1rkBrM6xRPS0RKvir5 onSJJFKz+VebFYmIw6OpBh7spv7R9E5TR9OQIvDt6VUa1npNPa7K1iW6AqmfzkHWN++r ssCQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=/4naIuKRs2QJdmW28K0Udsv0NKoLee+3rZpXYvXHZ6A=; b=bAhC58HTymyaNsoy3NA5Hy6mT/f3cCKUV2nqqjvWVDwhuS/ZkRpWoIS8hvwsxUBUTY 2tanytGyVMn8hcgO+6PWP9sYrhC0rP7Xq9cRI0T2F1qvztiWcHi8tCeuukYfc396T32s Rs7KYsVFx1yVLa6tyezYrw/JxqQP/k7f5s/xlokzYD1AD1PgED2Wn35saxNArYd6gX/r TisRfdnXe+V5MtNF3aeJtJUdx19vsynI7oUR0XEilHjpWLjrX2TJDW54EhAtJLG1sxi2 yJ/T5sBKY2uu67R1P22+m3NBzMWNrNZUiyWb+s60T/KTq/pYJbGmKYMIyVq7KXiEqdSG IfGQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwNyzvfMTZfn+r2tfNCSJ927XIzt/FRhxpnfY4avGlaR/oJ4URJXZ+NjSzUAX3X/kyCqdcsKtqiY7qzv8g== X-Received: by 10.31.94.130 with SMTP id s124mr4474025vkb.79.1474046075932; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:14:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <069e306f-360f-50ad-9c51-ebec2861d42a@mousecar.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c05::236 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:111345 Archived-At: 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