Re: my search/paste idiom not supported in emacs

[Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name>]

Perry Wagle wrote:

> In emacs, I double click on a word with mouse-1.  This highlights it.
> If I then mouse-2, its pasted at the mouse cursor.  No problem.
>
> But if I double click on a word, highlighting it, and press control-S,
> this starts a "dialog" at the bottom of the screen where *what you type
> is captured* to give it text to search for.  But if you then press
> mouse-2, the search mode is *aborted*, and the highlighted text is
> pasted at the mouse cursor.
>
> I think the highlighted text should be pasted in the dialog at the
> bottom of the screen, which is already capturing keyboard events.

I think you're probably right. Could it be related to a thread I started
some months ago ("Yanking in isearch mode")? That whole area seems to
have some usability issues.