Re: The X window system, yanking, and pasting using the mouse

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Manoj Srivastava <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:31:16 -0800
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> 
>         In Emacs, I select text by:
>  1) C-SPC (set-mark-command)  C-f C-f M-w (kill-ring-save)
>  2) Down-mouse-1 drag-mouse-1 up-mouse-one (mouse-drag-region)
>  3) Down-mouse-1 Down-mouse-3 (mouse-save-then-kill
> 
>         I would like each of these methods to copy things over so that a
>  middle mouse click in an xterm to paste the text in the region.
> 
>         What changes do I need to make to get this?

This is supposed to be explained in NEWS, under "Selection changes".
It includes a paragraph on how to restore pre-Emacs 24 behavior.  If
something is unclear or doesn't work as explained there, please submit
specific bug reports.