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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject: Re: my search/paste idiom not supported in emacs
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> 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