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Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 15:07:14 +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
In-Reply-To: <55u1kt$mdj@ralph.vnet.net>
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961110150016.8417L-100000@is>
Mime-Version: 1.0

On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Ben Darnell wrote:

> How do I make emacs not copy to the clipboard every time I select
> something with the mouse?

Try this:

	(setq x-select-enable-clipboard nil)

Btw, when Emacs runs on X-Windows, it also puts every kill into the X 
cliboard, so the DOS code just behaves in the same way.

Just curious: why would you want to disable this?

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