From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Mouse cut moves point Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:43:46 -0700 Message-ID: <20130103224346.GB13649@hysteria.proulx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1357253045 18012 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2013 22:44:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:44:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 03 23:44:20 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TqtWK-0005rm-0R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:44:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55882 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TqtW4-0005N1-Rn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:44:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53699) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TqtVw-0005Ml-PF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:43:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TqtVs-0006Sa-6Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:43:52 -0500 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:39495) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TqtVs-0006ST-0C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:43:48 -0500 Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94B721254 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:43:46 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 71E2E2DCCA; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:43:46 -0700 (MST) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:88420 Archived-At: In emacs running as a graphics window the act of cutting text moves the point. Typing in text and then using the mouse to cut and paste means also needing to tediously move the point back to where I was typing (before the cut action) so that I can paste it. Is there a way to configure emacs under X so that cutting text with a mouse drag does not move the point? This is something that has always been this way. It has not ever changed as far as I know. But it has always been inconvenient. I had such excellent luck with my last question that I decided it was time to ask this related question too. :-) Thanks, Bob