From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Perry Wagle Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: my search/paste idiom not supported in emacs Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:39:08 -0800 Message-ID: <3269D978-6F36-493B-91B2-FE9EC9A6DA17@mac.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293700369 4819 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2010 09:12:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:12:49 +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 Dec 30 10:12:45 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYEYv-0005i5-IS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:12:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54353 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYEYu-0006U0-W2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:12:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34489 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PY6Xw-0007T7-Gv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PY6Xv-0006q3-DB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:39:12 -0500 Original-Received: from asmtpout026.mac.com ([17.148.16.101]:33642) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PY6Xv-0006pV-9A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:39:11 -0500 Original-Received: from tuple.home (pool-173-50-157-237.ptldor.fios.verizon.net [173.50.157.237]) by asmtp026.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 64bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0LE700IN7TT8K760@asmtp026.mac.com> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:39:09 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1010190000 definitions=main-1012290112 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-12-29_12:2010-12-29, 2010-12-29, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:12:22 -0500 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:77960 Archived-At: In xemacs, if I double click on a word, the word is highlighted. If I then press control-s for search, and click the middle mouse button *without moving the mouse*, I will paste that word into the search string, and all is good. Emacs, on the other hand, does not support this idiom. For some reason, the middle mouse button *ABORTS* the search mode, and then pastes the word under the mouse. Why would you want that? This idiom alone has kept me using xemacs for over a decade. I'd like to switch to emacs now. Can I fix this easily with option-setting, or does it require me to hack and add the correct behavior? Any suggestions? Thanks! -- Perry