From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12750: Highlighting text no longer works Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:08:44 +0800 Message-ID: <87liepejc3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <508D5A4D.3020604@gmail.com> <83objm8ry1.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351501790 20004 80.91.229.3 (29 Oct 2012 09:09:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:09:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12750@debbugs.gnu.org To: Bruce Korb Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 29 10:09:59 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1TSlM2-0008CA-KM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:09:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58062 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSlLu-00038j-8K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:09:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54337) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSlLr-00037s-CR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:09:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSlLl-0001bn-Lj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:09:43 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55376) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSlLl-0001bj-IB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:09:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSlO6-0000pw-34 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:12:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:12:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12750 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12750-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12750.13515018803163 (code B ref 12750); Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12750) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Oct 2012 09:11:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37394 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSlNQ-0000oy-1Y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:11:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-f44.google.com ([209.85.160.44]:47376) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSlNN-0000oo-Q3 for 12750@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:11:18 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f44.google.com with SMTP id ro8so3985191pbb.3 for <12750@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=DvCSIjNJgzPjN0wH5hQGWqYe+tn/568Q3cfUpBxK1Yw=; b=pDjUhBcWMcAZ0vVbrwDU8lDVg5KlmRkaE23efm5c9BDjlYKW93VaUPwjo/q9EBkpzR bReKKZt4kDA233UUtdl5c6PXxrWOtOOrPzFIi7BqoW79baG7+7yCT0jLCZkv6WHJYKHW GyOrEFuveYb9vmeuiOAGKoB6L9KBc4KntyprmqPLGMZtOfif2k+qXu3f3wOy1AoTKjnD gKyaA5rWA+/nW2g5vQ+pce3bjAZbOr36Rhg0jqqw/zR4qcWSotchQIZ+kRlkA59XoXAr TgNQm3OEgqjN35OhKAOZQH08cHQ9gVKnLuguFTocwmml1ekxGPzd/n7+piTTGnSsghD1 vq7g== Original-Received: by 10.68.232.71 with SMTP id tm7mr91345594pbc.118.1351501732176; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ulysses ([155.69.16.22]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id pv7sm654pbc.20.2012.10.29.02.08.48 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:08:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Bruce Korb's message of "Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:57:56 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66175 Archived-At: Bruce Korb writes: >> (setq select-active-regions nil) >> (setq mouse-drag-copy-region 't) >> (setq x-select-enable-primary 't) >> (setq x-select-enable-clipboard nil) >> (global-set-key [mouse-2] 'mouse-yank-at-click) > > I do need explicit instructions. This didn't work. I want to > highlight and paste and highlight and yank. Both and. This isn't > working. You have to be more specific than that. With a .emacs file, your previous recipe > 1. left click the end of some text > 2. right click the start of some text > 3. alt-shift-5 ctl-y (query replace followed by paste) does indeed yank the text into the minibuffer.