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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2020-08-05 12:43:18 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2020-08-05 12:51:10 +0200
commita937d50a7e039088d493d8f6b8b5be9799b7d7ad (patch)
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downloademacs-a937d50a7e039088d493d8f6b8b5be9799b7d7ad.tar.gz
Mention C-y in the manual for yanking the primary selection
* doc/emacs/killing.texi (Primary Selection): Mention C-y here for yanking the primary selection (bug#41857).
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/killing.texi b/doc/emacs/killing.texi
index 6b1f35e6158..bd7dbb6f515 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/killing.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/killing.texi
@@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ regions to the primary selection entirely.
To insert the primary selection into an Emacs buffer, click
@kbd{mouse-2} (@code{mouse-yank-primary}) where you want to insert it.
-@xref{Mouse Commands}.
+@xref{Mouse Commands}. You can also use the normal Emacs yank command
+(@kbd{C-y}) to insert this text if @code{select-enable-primary} is set
+(@pxref{Clipboard}).
@cindex MS-Windows, and primary selection
MS-Windows provides no primary selection, but Emacs emulates it