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Re: Need help with emacs clipboard.
From: |
Harry Putnam |
Subject: |
Re: Need help with emacs clipboard. |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:50:23 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:
> Hi Harry,
>
> Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Bob Proulx writes:
>> > This won't help you because you want the opposite but just to post my
>> > example this is what I do to configure emacs to be usable on the X
>> > desktop using the primary selection.
>> >
>> > (setq transient-mark-mode nil)
>> > (setq select-active-regions nil) ; default is nil in 23, t in 24
>> > (setq mouse-drag-copy-region t) ; default is t in 23, nil in 24
>> > (setq x-select-enable-primary t) ; default is nil in 23, t in 24
>> > (setq x-select-enable-clipboard nil) ; default is nil in 23, t in 24
>> > (setq x-select-enable-clipboard-manager nil) ; new in 24, default is
>> > t
>>
>> Bob, just slipped in here to see if I could get you to show how to put
>> all that into a single statement that does all those things with one
>> command.
>
> I am sorry but there isn't one. If you want each of those items then
> you need each of those items.
I meant a way to string a bunch of setq's together... Something like
(mixing languages .. but maybe it is clear?)
if(ble){
setq [...]
setq [...]
[...]
setq [...]
}
>> I'm thinking to be able to turn it off and on quickly.
>
> This isn't something you would turn on and off. Why does it need to
> be one single statement? It isn't something one puts on a command
> line command. It is a part of a much larger configuration. This
> configuration normally goes into your emacs config, traditionally your
> ~/.emacs file although now available to configure other places too.
> It doesn't make any sense to change this while the emacs is running.
[...]
Doesn't it enable primary select and disable clipboard.
So might one want to go back the opposite way on occasion.
I was thinking like having it in emacs init files one way and be able to
go the other with Shift+Alt+: (eval) .. some code <RET>.
Thanks for the answer and hefty thoughts...