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Subject: Re: Too much pita to paste into incremental regex search
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> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:43:43 -0800
> 
> > > I don't use the incremental regex search much but did have 
> > > need of it today.  And repeatedly.  I found it difficult to
> > > impossible to copy/paste to the prompt. As soon as you move
> > > the mouse, the prompt disappears.
> > 
> > It doesn't disappear for me, not in Emacs 24 anyway.  I can click the
> > mouse in the minibuffer, then type C-y to paste something I copied
> > elsewhere.
> 
> Not if you click in a minibuffer on a different frame (which includes the case
> of a standalone minibuffer).

The OP didn't say anything that would imply he was using such
esoterica.