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mouse-drag-copy-region: mention where it is talking about

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Message #8 received at 41856 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 41856 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41856: mouse-drag-copy-region: mention where it is talking
 about
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:50:27 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> mouse-drag-copy-region is a variable defined in ‘mouse.el’.
> Its value is nil
>
>     Documentation:
>     If non-nil, copy to kill-ring upon mouse adjustments of the region.
>
>     This affects ‘mouse-save-then-kill’ (<mouse-3>) in
>     addition to mouse drags.
>
> OK, but mention if it is talking only about mouse actions within emacs,
> or even elsewhere too.

Yeah, I guess that makes sense -- mouse selections is something you may
reasonably think affects actions outside of Emacs, too.  I've now added
a sentence about that to the doc string in Emacs 28.

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