Re: select-active-regions, Emacs not X

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 02.09.2010 17:15, schrieb Chong Yidong:
> Andreas Röhler<address@hidden>  writes:
>
>    
> > > Are you running KDE by any chance?  Its clipboard daemon, 'klipper'
> > > has a (non-default) setting that actually synchronises the selection
> > > (primary) and clipboard which might cause the symptoms you describe.
> > >        
> > Ah, yes, that may be it. Thanks.
> > So, may Emacs 24 provide for this?
> >      
> I don't think there's anything you can do.  That setting should affect
> not only Emacs, but any other X application, causing shift-selection to
> copy into the keyboard.  Any user that enables this behavior presumably
> wants it.
>
>
>    

Yes, who enables it. Presently it's enabled by default, it's set to 
`always'.
With Emacs 23 the default is nil, that's better.

Also value of `only shift-selection or mouse-drag'
seems a reasonable default, `always' not.

Maybe it's not KDE-related though.