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bug#1765: Copy/paste inconsistent with other X apps
From: |
Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
bug#1765: Copy/paste inconsistent with other X apps |
Date: |
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:33:24 -0500 |
> In every other recent X app I have tried, copy/pasting works the way
> that the mouse selection = copy and middle click = paste is seperate
> from the C-c/C-v clipboard. I think it makes sense to change the
> Emacs behaviour to make it a good citizen in the free desktop. And
> it's arguably also more likely to prevent loss of clips.
Set x-select-enable-clipboard to t.
(We might consider making this the default after the release. ISTR
there was a technical reason not to do this, but details elude me right
now. Maybe it's a matter of speed?)
bug#1765: Copy/paste inconsistent with other X apps, David De La Harpe Golden, 2009/01/25