Re: select-active-regions, Emacs not X

[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.