# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1167079003 0 # Node ID 5941d31b758149d3910b9c1ac7b686107145d141 # Parent 88568ee4f8e83f47be6a19b8fb5790764dde41f2 (Graphical Kill): Node deleted. (Killing): Add xref to Cut and Paste. (CUA Bindings): Update xref. diff -r 88568ee4f8e8 -r 5941d31b7581 man/killing.texi --- a/man/killing.texi Mon Dec 25 20:35:15 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/killing.texi Mon Dec 25 20:36:43 2006 +0000 @@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ @code{kill-read-only-ok} to a non-@code{nil} value, they just print a message in the echo area to explain why the text has not been erased. + You can also use the mouse to kill and yank. @xref{Cut and Paste}. + @menu * Deletion:: Commands for deleting small amounts of text and blank areas. * Killing by Lines:: How to kill entire lines of text at one time. * Other Kill Commands:: Commands to kill large regions of text and syntactic units such as words and sentences. -* Graphical Kill:: The kill ring on graphical displays: - yanking between applications. @end menu @need 1500 @@ -251,28 +251,6 @@ (@pxref{Expressions}); and sentences, with @kbd{C-x @key{DEL}} and @kbd{M-k} (@pxref{Sentences}).@refill -@node Graphical Kill -@subsection Killing on Graphical Displays - - On graphical displays with window systems, the most recent kill done -in Emacs is also the primary selection, if it is more recent than any -selection you made in another program. This means that the paste -commands of other window-based applications copy the text that you -killed in Emacs. In addition, Emacs yank commands treat other -applications' selections as part of the kill ring, so you can yank -them into Emacs. - -@cindex Delete Selection mode -@cindex mode, Delete Selection -@findex delete-selection-mode - Many graphical applications follow the convention that insertion while text -is selected deletes the selected text. You can make Emacs behave this -way by enabling Delete Selection mode---with @kbd{M-x -delete-selection-mode} or using Custom. Another effect of this mode -is that @key{DEL}, @kbd{C-d} and some other keys, when a selection -exists, will kill the whole selection. It also enables Transient Mark -mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}). - @node Yanking, Accumulating Text, Killing, Top @section Yanking @cindex moving text @@ -676,7 +654,7 @@ activates and highlights the region over which they move. The standard (unshifted) movement keys deactivate the mark, and typed text replaces the active region as in Delete-Selection mode -(@pxref{Graphical Kill}). +(@pxref{Mouse Commands}). To enter an Emacs command like @kbd{C-x C-f} while the mark is active, use one of the following methods: either hold @kbd{Shift}