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authorChong Yidong <[email protected]>2010-07-14 14:03:39 -0400
committerChong Yidong <[email protected]>2010-07-14 14:03:39 -0400
commitf9d71b4284fa1009f8c38a9d389e2202ef1e4dd9 (patch)
tree356cc85fe39e64d946b3d3435f4362b384e22473 /etc
parent8f2eaa8abd8630a6707a0e1d9bca9293497ef915 (diff)
Change clipboard/primary selection to X application standards.
* lisp/menu-bar.el (menu-bar-enable-clipboard): Don't overwrite Cut/Copy/Paste menu bar items. * lisp/mouse.el: Bind mouse-2 to mouse-yank-primary. (mouse-drag-copy-region): Default to nil. * lisp/simple.el (select-active-regions): Default to t. (push-mark-command): Don't overwrite primary with empty string. * lisp/term/x-win.el (x-select-enable-clipboard): Default to t. (x-initialize-window-system): Don't overwrite Paste menu item.
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@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@ should use delete-char with a negative argument instead.
*** The option `mouse-region-delete-keys' has been deleted.
+** Selection changes.
+
+The way Emacs interacts with the clipboard and primary selection, by
+default, is now similar to other X applications. In particular, kill
+and yank use the clipboard, in addition to the primary selection.
+
+*** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t.
+
+*** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t.
+
+*** `mouse-drag-copy-region' now defaults to nil.
+
+*** `mouse-2' is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
+
* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1