diff etc/NEWS @ 109398:c9970d4bfd62

Change clipboard/primary selection to X application standards. * lisp/menu-bar.el (menu-bar-enable-clipboard): Don't overwrite Cut/Copy/Paste menu bar items. * lisp/mouse.el: Bind mouse-2 to mouse-yank-primary. (mouse-drag-copy-region): Default to nil. * lisp/simple.el (select-active-regions): Default to t. (push-mark-command): Don't overwrite primary with empty string. * lisp/term/x-win.el (x-select-enable-clipboard): Default to t. (x-initialize-window-system): Don't overwrite Paste menu item.

--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Jul 14 12:41:40 2010 -0400
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Jul 14 14:03:39 2010 -0400
@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@
 
 *** The option `mouse-region-delete-keys' has been deleted.
 
+** 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.
+
+*** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t.
+
+*** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t.
+
+*** `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