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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: my search/paste idiom not supported in emacs
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:36:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvsjxaehaw.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.4.1293700342.31316.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

> In xemacs, if I double click on a word, the word is highlighted.  If I then
> press control-s for search, and click the middle mouse button *without
> moving the mouse*, I will paste that word into the search string, and all
> is good.

I recommend you M-x report-emacs-bug (which is also used for feature
requests).  It seems reasonable to give mouse-2 the meaning of "insert
in the search string" rather than "insert in the current buffer".


        Stefan


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-01-03  4:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.4.1293700342.31316.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-12-30  9:35 ` my search/paste idiom not supported in emacs Joost Kremers
2011-01-03  4:36 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-01-05  8:56   ` Perry Wagle
2011-02-09  3:33     ` Perry Wagle
2011-02-09  9:18       ` Gary
2010-12-30  0:39 Perry Wagle
2010-12-30  9:39 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-12-30 16:23   ` Perry Wagle
2010-12-30 10:01 ` Peter Dyballa
2010-12-30 16:26   ` Perry Wagle
2010-12-30 15:36 ` Kenneth Goldman

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