> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:41:04 +0200 > From: Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Stuart D. Herring wrote: > > >>Is not the variable `x-select-enable-clipboard' for this? > >> > >> > > > >No, that enables the use of the X "clipboard selection" in addition to the > >X "primary selection", and is only relevant on X (not Windows, which has a > >clipboard but doesn't have "selections"). The variables > >`interprogram-cut-function' and `interprogram-paste-function' can be set > >to nil to suppress the synchronization, but this isn't just a > >customization issue (as in "this isn't a problem, you should set X to Y") > >because the issue only arises during keyboard macro execution. If we want > >to support this, presumably we want a new variable thusly: > > > > > I believe you can do (setq x-select-enable-clipboard nil) on MS Windows > too to avoid sync with Windows clipboard.
That's because on Windows, there's _only_ the clipboard. On other systems, you need to use the interprogram-* vars. So Stuart is correct, I think: one needs to use the interprogram-* vars so that this works on all supported systems. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
