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Highlighting text no longer works

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Message #20 received at 12750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12750: Highlighting text no longer works
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:43:27 +0200

> From: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:57:56 -0700
> Cc: 12750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> >>   *** To return to the previous behavior, do the following:
> >>
> >>   **** Change `select-active-regions' to nil.
> >>   **** Change `mouse-drag-copy-region' to t.
> >>   **** Change `x-select-enable-primary' to t (on X only).
> >>   **** Change `x-select-enable-clipboard' to nil.
> >>   **** Bind `mouse-yank-at-click' to mouse-2.
> >
> > It is really helpful to have explicit instructions:
> >
> > *** To return to the previous behavior, add the following to your .emacs file:
> >     (setq select-active-regions         nil)
> >     (setq mouse-drag-copy-region        't)
> >     (setq x-select-enable-primary       't)

t, not 't.

> >     (setq x-select-enable-clipboard     nil)
> >     (global-set-key [mouse-2]          'mouse-yank-at-click)
> 
> I do need explicit instructions.  This didn't work.  I want to
> highlight and paste
> and highlight and yank.  Both and.  This isn't working.  Help, please?

See above.

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