Re: select text without moving the point in graphical interface

[Michael Heerdegen]

Hi Ernest,

> one of the things I like about running emacs in a terminal is that I can
> select text without moving the point; is it possible to do the same when
> running in a graphical interface (GTK)?

This is not possible with the default selection, since point is, by
definition, one border of the selection.

But what you describe sounds like a description of the secondary selection:

  (info "(emacs) Secondary Selection")


Michael.