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Re: purpose and usage of secondary-selection ???
From: |
Kaushal Modi |
Subject: |
Re: purpose and usage of secondary-selection ??? |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:18:18 +0000 |
You can check the thread online:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2016-09/msg00108.html
I noticed that Drew are replied to you and this mailing list. So you either
deleted this email by mistake or it went to spam?
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 2:08 PM ken <gebser@mousecar.com> wrote:
> Hmmm. I searched both my Inbox and Spam/Junk folder and found neither
> my own post or the reply. That's very strange.
>
> On 09/16/2016 01:14 PM, Kaushal Modi wrote:
> >
> > It showed. You also got a reply.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 12:56 PM ken <gebser@mousecar.com
> > <mailto:gebser@mousecar.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes while typing on my laptop I accidentally brush against the
> > touchpad and inadvertantly mess up something. Today, while not even
> > emacs, this happened, affecting what happened in an emacs frame which
> > previously didn't even have the focus.
> >
> > What I ended up in that emacs frame was that a random section of text
> > was set to background yellow. Investigating further, I found that
> > text
> > with the yellow background was a secondary-selection. But I couldn't
> > find anything in the Help screens describing anything about it,
> except
> > its properties. So here are my questions:
> >
> > What is/are the purpose(s) of a secondary-selection?
> >
> > What can be done with a secondary-selection...? and how to do them?
> >
> > How do I undo this secondary-selection... i.e., make the selection go
> > away without changing the file/buffer in any way?
> >
> >
> > Thanks much.
> >
> > Note: I sent this same email to the group on Tuesday, but it never
> > showed. Has the server been down?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Kaushal Modi
> >
>
> --
Kaushal Modi