diff etc/NEWS @ 109802:acc05fd0631b

Let all active regions set the primary selection. This includes both temporarily active regions (mouse drag and shift-select) and those made with C-SPC and cursor motion. * lisp/cus-start.el: Change defcustom for select-active-regions. * lisp/simple.el (deactivate-mark): If select-active-regions is `only', only set selection for temporarily active regions. * src/insdel.c (prepare_to_modify_buffer): Handle `only' value of select-active-regions. * src/keyboard.c (command_loop_1): Avoid setting selection twice, since it's done in deactivate-mark as well. (Vselect_active_regions): Replace `lazy' value with `only', meaning to only set PRIMARY for temporarily active regions.

--- a/etc/NEWS	Sun Aug 15 22:08:01 2010 -0400
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sun Aug 15 22:33:17 2010 -0400
@@ -191,23 +191,26 @@
 
 ** Selection changes.
 
-The way Emacs interacts with the clipboard and primary selection, by
-default, is now similar to other X applications.  In particular, kill
-and yank use the clipboard, in addition to the primary selection.
+The default handling of clipboard and primary selections has been
+changed to conform with other X applications.
+
+*** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t, so active regions set
+the primary selection.
 
-*** `select-active-regions' now defaults to `lazy'.
-This means that any active region made with shift-selection or mouse
-dragging, or acted on by Emacs (e.g. with M-w or C-w), is
-automatically added to the primary window selection.
+It also accepts a new value, `lazy', which means to only set the
+primary selection for temporarily active regions (usually made by
+mouse-dragging or shift-selection).
+
+*** `mouse-2' is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
 
 *** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t.
+Thus, killing and yanking now use the clipboard (in addition to the
+kill ring).
 
 *** `x-select-enable-primary' now defaults to nil.
 
 *** `mouse-drag-copy-region' now defaults to nil.
 
-*** `mouse-2' is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
-
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1