Re: Need help with emacs clipboard.

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:

> Hi Harry,
>
> Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Bob Proulx writes:
>> > This won't help you because you want the opposite but just to post my
>> > example this is what I do to configure emacs to be usable on the X
>> > desktop using the primary selection.
>> >
>> >       (setq transient-mark-mode nil)
>> >       (setq select-active-regions nil) 	; default is nil in 23, t in 24
>> >       (setq mouse-drag-copy-region t)	; default is t in 23, nil in 24
>> >       (setq x-select-enable-primary t)	; default is nil in 23, t in 24
>> >       (setq x-select-enable-clipboard nil) ; default is nil in 23, t in 24
>> >       (setq x-select-enable-clipboard-manager nil) ; new in 24, default is t
>> 
>> Bob, just slipped in here to see if I could get you to show how to put
>> all that into a single statement that does all those things with one
>> command.
>
> I am sorry but there isn't one.  If you want each of those items then
> you need each of those items.

I meant a way to string a bunch of setq's together... Something like
(mixing languages .. but maybe it is clear?)

if(ble){
 setq [...]
 setq [...]
 [...]
 setq [...]
} 


>> I'm thinking to be able to turn it off and on quickly.
>
> This isn't something you would turn on and off.  Why does it need to
> be one single statement?  It isn't something one puts on a command
> line command.  It is a part of a much larger configuration.  This
> configuration normally goes into your emacs config, traditionally your
> ~/.emacs file although now available to configure other places too.
> It doesn't make any sense to change this while the emacs is running.

[...]

Doesn't it enable primary select and disable clipboard.

So might one want to go back the opposite way on occasion.

I was thinking like having it in emacs init files one way and be able to
go the other with  Shift+Alt+: (eval) .. some code <RET>.


Thanks for the answer and hefty thoughts...