This thread is very familiar: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2011-11/msg00116.html > On Jan 16, 2020, at 9:19 PM, Stefan Kangas wrote: > > found 7787 26.3 > found 7787 28.0.50 > thanks > > Perry Wagle writes: > >> I have a Mac, so I use Aquamacs. I have no idea how closely it tracks gnu emacs. >> >> I upgraded Aquamacs a few weeks ago, and I don’t see a number of customizations I’ve made over the years. >> >> Way back when, I made a customization to an .el file in the libraries that fixed the problem. Since then, I am pretty sure I moved that customization to one of the zillions .emacs like files, but don’t see it anywhere. >> >> The problem was that I wanted to double click on a word (variable name etc), start a search, and middle mouse to paste that word into the search-for buffer. Instead, it overrides the search and just pastes at the cursor. >> >> I tried to do what you asked in aquamacs, but it didn’t appear to do anything. > > Thank you, that makes things clearer. > > I realize now that I was trying the wrong thing, and I've been able to > reproduce this on both Mac and GNU/Linux using GNU Emacs. > > This problem seems to be specific to isearch, due to the way isearch > works. isearch leaves point in the current buffer while searching, > which makes the yanked text go there instead of the input area even > when mouse-yank-at-point is t. > > Incidentally, there is currently a discussion about changing how > isearch works in this regard. I would assume, but don't know for > certain, that such changes would also resolve this issue. > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2020-01/msg00388.html > > Meanwhile, please send the changes you had to make to get this to > work, should you happen to find them. Maybe they will be necessary > still, depending on the outcome of the above discussion. > > Best regards, > Stefan Kangas