@xref{MS-DOS Mouse}.
@end ifnottex
-
@menu
-* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
-* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
-* Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections.
+* Cut and Paste:: Mouse commands for cut and paste.
* Mouse References:: Using the mouse to select an item from a list.
* Menu Mouse Clicks:: Mouse clicks that bring up menus.
* Mode Line Mouse:: Mouse clicks on the mode line.
* Text-Only Mouse:: Using the mouse in text-only terminals.
@end menu
+@node Cut and Paste
+@section Killing and Yanking on Graphical Displays
+
+ This section describes facilities for selecting a region, killing,
+and yanking using the mouse.
+
+@menu
+* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
+* Cut/Paste Other App:: Transfering text between Emacs and other apps.
+* Word and Line Mouse:: Mouse commands for selecting whole words or lines.
+* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
+* Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections.
+@end menu
+
@node Mouse Commands
-@section Mouse Commands for Editing
+@subsection Mouse Commands for Editing
@cindex mouse buttons (what they do)
The mouse commands for selecting and copying a region are mostly
If you use @kbd{Mouse-3} a second time consecutively, at the same place,
that kills the region already selected.
-
-@item Double-Mouse-1
-This key sets the region around the word which you click on. If you
-click on a character with ``symbol'' syntax (such as underscore, in C
-mode), it sets the region around the symbol surrounding that character.
-
-If you click on a character with open-parenthesis or close-parenthesis
-syntax, it sets the region around the parenthetical grouping
-which that character starts or ends. If you click on a character with
-string-delimiter syntax (such as a singlequote or doublequote in C), it
-sets the region around the string constant (using heuristics to figure
-out whether that character is the beginning or the end of it).
-
-@item Double-Drag-Mouse-1
-This key selects a region made up of the words you drag across.
-
-@item Triple-Mouse-1
-This key sets the region around the line you click on.
-
-@item Triple-Drag-Mouse-1
-This key selects a region made up of the lines you drag across.
@end table
The simplest way to kill text with the mouse is to press @kbd{Mouse-1}
frame's windows you click on. The default value is @code{nil}. This
variable also affects yanking the secondary selection.
+@cindex Delete Selection mode
+@cindex mode, Delete Selection
+@findex delete-selection-mode
+ Many graphical applications follow the convention that insertion while text
+is selected deletes the selected text. You can make Emacs behave this
+way by enabling Delete Selection mode---with @kbd{M-x
+delete-selection-mode} or using Custom. Another effect of this mode
+is that @key{DEL}, @kbd{C-d} and some other keys, when a selection
+exists, will kill the whole selection. It also enables Transient Mark
+mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}).
+
+@node Cut/Paste Other App
+@subsection Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
+
@cindex cutting
@cindex pasting
@cindex X cutting and pasting
system for selections, use @kbd{C-x @key{RET} x} or @kbd{C-x @key{RET}
X}. @xref{Communication Coding}.
+@node Word and Line Mouse
+@subsection Mouse Commands for Words and Lines
+
+ These variants of @kbd{Mouse-1} select entire words or lines at a time.
+
+@table @kbd
+@item Double-Mouse-1
+This key sets the region around the word which you click on. If you
+click on a character with ``symbol'' syntax (such as underscore, in C
+mode), it sets the region around the symbol surrounding that character.
+
+If you click on a character with open-parenthesis or close-parenthesis
+syntax, it sets the region around the parenthetical grouping
+which that character starts or ends. If you click on a character with
+string-delimiter syntax (such as a singlequote or doublequote in C), it
+sets the region around the string constant (using heuristics to figure
+out whether that character is the beginning or the end of it).
+
+@item Double-Drag-Mouse-1
+This key selects a region made up of the words you drag across.
+
+@item Triple-Mouse-1
+This key sets the region around the line you click on.
+
+@item Triple-Drag-Mouse-1
+This key selects a region made up of the lines you drag across.
+@end table
+
@node Secondary Selection
-@section Secondary Selection
+@subsection Secondary Selection
@cindex secondary selection
The @dfn{secondary selection} is another way of selecting text using
that matters is which window you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}.
@node Clipboard
-@section Using the Clipboard
+@subsection Using the Clipboard
@cindex clipboard
@vindex x-select-enable-clipboard
@findex menu-bar-enable-clipboard
@kindex C-z @r{(X windows)}
@findex iconify-or-deiconify-frame
Iconify the selected Emacs frame (@code{iconify-or-deiconify-frame}).
+When typed on an Emacs frame's icon, deiconify instead.
+
The normal meaning of @kbd{C-z}, to suspend Emacs, is not useful under
a graphical display that allows multiple applications to operate
simultaneously in their own windows, so Emacs gives @kbd{C-z} a
different binding in that case.
-If you type this command on an Emacs frame's icon, it deiconifies the frame.
-
@item C-x 5 0
@kindex C-x 5 0
@findex delete-frame