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[PATCH] Make mouse-2 respect delete-selection mode

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Message #33 received at 56421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 56421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#56421: [PATCH] Make mouse-2 respect delete-selection mode
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 03:17:16 +0200

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> Having Button2 replace the region is not the right thing on X, which is
> actually to deactivate the mark upon losing ownership of the primary
> selection.  So what you talk about cannot happen in other X programs
> (Emacs is the odd one out here.)

Are you saying that Emacs currently behaves differently from other
programs on X in this regard?

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