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RE: [h-e-w] Yank primary selection


From: Francis Wright
Subject: RE: [h-e-w] Yank primary selection
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:39:21 -0000

> In Emacs 23, either C-w/M-w or dragging a mouse across the text will put
it into
> the Windows clipboard, and you can then paste it into another application
(C-y or
> mouse-2 if that other application is Emacs).
> 
> In Emacs 24, only keyboard keys, like C-w/M-w copy text into the
clipboard, and
> only C-y paste it from the clipboard. 

May I ask why this change is being made in Emacs 24? It seems like a step
backwards and will stop me doing things I do a lot.

Thanks, Francis





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