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[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r101976: Fix last change in etc/NEWS.
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Eli Zaretskii |
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[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r101976: Fix last change in etc/NEWS. |
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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:44:01 +0200 |
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revno: 101976
committer: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Fri 2010-10-15 18:44:01 +0200
message:
Fix last change in etc/NEWS.
modified:
etc/NEWS
=== modified file 'etc/NEWS'
--- a/etc/NEWS 2010-10-15 11:33:17 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS 2010-10-15 16:44:01 +0000
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@
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 @@
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 @@
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-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
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