Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 13:16:53 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ben Darnell <bdarnell AT vnet DOT net>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: emacs mouse selection and clipboard
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On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Ben Darnell wrote:

> Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough.  I like that Emacs and Windows
> use the same clipboard/kill ring, but what I wanted to disable is the
> fact that everything I hilite with the mouse goes there.  I often
> 'scroll' by clicking in a window and pulling the mouse down.

Dragging mouse-1 copies the marked text into the kill ring, and thus 
automatically puts it also into the clipboard.  Emacs works this way on 
any platform that supports mouse.

> appear.  However, now that I've had a few days to get more used to
> Emacs's keyboard movement commands, I don't dragscroll much.  Pretty

Sure, this is the way to go.  Personally, I only use the mouse for 
commands which are simpler invoked from the menubar than by typing their 
name into the minibuffer.  It is very annoying to move my hand between 
the keyboard and the mouse, so I try to avoid it.