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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How do I paste at new point with middle click?
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:32:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lg9t89gn.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83lg9uq9fj.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:43:44 +0300")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:12:07 -0700
>> 
>> It used to work that way, but with a new installation and a clobbered
>> ~/.emacs file,
>> it doesn't any more. My search terms haven't located the answer. If I
>> want to paste
>> at the current point, I'd use Ctl-y. I used to demarcate a region with
>> left-click and
>> right-click and then drop the selection in a new place with
>> middle-click. Quick. Easy.
>
> What version of Emacs is that?  If Emacs 24, look in NEWS for changes
> described under "Selection changes", if a later version of Emacs, look
> for that section in NEWS.24.
>
> In a nutshell, the handling of the primary selection and the clipboard
> has changed; NEWS explains the details and tells you how to get the
> old behavior back.

Is the issue that the text doesnʼt end up at point? In that case you'd
need to set 'mouse-yank-at-point'.

Robert



      parent reply	other threads:[~2018-07-30  7:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-29 15:12 How do I paste at new point with middle click? Bruce Korb
2018-07-29 16:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]   ` <CAKRnqNKYigmAbQr6Qjo9OChuo5EpfBRvnXTmKqpLvxKn4nu9Jg@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]     ` <CAKRnqN+dPnQSn=b-dFocMrkr=kuBQtapufD99fSWVd0Pf6H1dA@mail.gmail.com>
2018-07-29 22:16       ` Bruce Korb
2018-07-30  1:12         ` Bruce Korb
2018-07-30  2:37           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-30 13:39             ` Bruce Korb
2018-07-30 13:45               ` Bruce Korb
2018-07-30 14:37                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-30 14:48                   ` Bruce Korb
2018-07-30 13:50               ` Noam Postavsky
2018-07-30  2:34         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-30  2:32     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-30  7:32   ` Robert Pluim [this message]

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