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@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ should use delete-char with a negative argument instead. The default handling of clipboard and primary selections has been changed to conform with other X applications. -The new behavior is that by default Emacs does not put text into the -clipboard, and does not add it to kill-ring, merely because the text -was selected. Only commands that kill text or copy it to the +The new behavior is that by default Emacs does not put selected text +into the clipboard, and does not add it to kill-ring, merely because +the text was selected. Only commands that kill text or copy it to the kill-ring (C-w, M-w, C-k, etc.) put the killed text into the clipboard. Selected text is put into the primary selection (on systems, such as X, that support the primary selection separately from @@ -240,14 +240,15 @@ the clipboard). Similarly, Emacs by default does not retrieve text from the clipboard when the mouse (e.g., mouse-2) is used for pasting text selected in -another application. Text from the clipboard is retrieved only by -C-y, M-y and other commands that yank text from the kill-ring. Mouse -commands that paste text retrieve text from the primary selection, on -systems that support it separately from the clipboard. +another application. Mouse commands that paste text retrieve text +from the primary selection, on systems that support it separately from +the clipboard. Text from the clipboard is retrieved only by C-y, M-y +and other commands that yank text from the kill-ring. In other words, the default behavior is that mouse gestures that -select and paste text work with the primary selection, while keyboard -commands that kill/copy and paste text work with the clipboard. +select and paste text work with the primary selection (on X), while +keyboard commands that kill/copy and paste text work with the +clipboard. This change also means that the "Copy", "Cut", and "Paste" items of the menu-bar "Edit" menu are now exactly equivalent to, respectively @@ -255,9 +256,9 @@ M-w, C-w, and C-y. To get back the previous behavior, whereby mouse gestures set the clipboard and retrieve text from there, customize the variables -`mouse-drag-copy-region' and (on X only) `x-select-enable-primary'. -If you don't want Emacs to put the text into the clipboard, only to -the primary selection, additionally customize +`mouse-drag-copy-region' and (on X only) `x-select-enable-primary' to +non-nil values. If you don't want Emacs to put the text into the +clipboard, only to the primary selection, additionally customize `x-select-enable-clipboard' to nil. These changes in the default behavior are reflected in the default @@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ mouse-dragging or shift-selection). *** `mouse-2' is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'. Previously, it was bound to `mouse-yank-at-click' (which is now -unbound by default. +unbound by default). *** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t on all platforms. Thus, killing and yanking now use the clipboard (in addition to the |