Subject: bug#6956: 24.0.50; pasting mouse selection in other session pastes only first word

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:13:30 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Select some text (several words) with the mouse using double-click
>> mouse-1 on one word then mouse-3 on a later word in the text.
>
> Does this constitute a "mouse drag"?  Can someone please tell what
> happens on X with the recipe in this bug report?

Yes, this follows the rule that if the region is highlighted, the
primary selection is set.  On X, if you double-mouse-1 on a word and
extend the region with mouse-3, you can use mouse-2 to paste the entire
selection into another application.