From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ernest =?iso-8859-1?Q?Adrogu=E9?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: select text without moving the point in graphical interface Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 23:58:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20131208225829.GA13146@doriath.local> References: <20131208190052.GA12293@doriath.local> <87zjobdoh9.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1386543545 9732 80.91.229.3 (8 Dec 2013 22:59:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 22:59:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 08 23:59:10 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 1VpnJe-0002Ae-Dh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:59:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41103 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpnJe-0004YI-57 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:59:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpnJM-0004UN-0W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:59:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpnJC-0003Ht-FG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:58:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-we0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::22a]:52085) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpnJC-0003Hh-8m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:58:42 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-we0-f170.google.com with SMTP id w61so2763210wes.1 for ; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:58:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=a+up0Wd0yE0ZdbQtsgykyOWaS/9JcXGRI32GrUbqVrA=; b=Tt2pk3KM7DUd677vHV7HKx1RtxzFAv41kX0HCe3uHMWzK7Bg2DfPmwkpnIWWH4qkwX opa5iWLyuCor3HVtDx1WZF9thIPV64NzR651CUuL0f30/ObEJ3L3loM8A/mnzb50A278 mmrBV7zKkdjRH1kzy81xaQ6ILWep2suhjLp4cIWoab+7AsjihOgYW48nusLoGiXDshsA j+8JP4MQ4nHKa00TVq3W1X+K+urGszzUHxjX7Mu0rq2PF8HIRNmL04Hzyb46YYI9YepC 0hy7t5TIfKv5O8RvR5uJK6bejwAKYHRl3UtB9EC40U+mILKf+xskI2XvaazGVT+0eQBd GVzA== X-Received: by 10.180.72.9 with SMTP id z9mr8539169wiu.53.1386543521343; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:58:41 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from doriath (3.Red-83-40-95.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net. [83.40.95.3]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w20sm19255546wia.5.2013.12.08.14.58.39 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:58:39 -0800 (PST) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87zjobdoh9.fsf@web.de> X-Operating-System: GNU/Linux (Debian jessie/sid) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c03::22a 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:94885 Archived-At: 8-12-2013, 22:25 (+0100); Michael Heerdegen escriu: > Hi Ernest, > > > one of the things I like about running emacs in a terminal is that I can > > select text without moving the point; is it possible to do the same when > > running in a graphical interface (GTK)? > > This is not possible with the default selection, since point is, by > definition, one border of the selection. > > But what you describe sounds like a description of the secondary selection: > > (info "(emacs) Secondary Selection") Yeah, this is exactly it. Now I guess the question is can I have the secondary selection text selection style but using the primary selection instead?