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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/killing.texi | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/killing.texi b/doc/emacs/killing.texi index 9b9c890331e..670decd67bd 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/killing.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/killing.texi @@ -605,16 +605,20 @@ This command does not alter the kill ring. @kindex M-mouse-1 @item M-mouse-1 Set one endpoint for the @dfn{secondary selection} -(@code{mouse-start-secondary}). +(@code{mouse-start-secondary}). Use @kbd{M-mouse-3} to set the other +end and complete the selection. This command can also cancel any +existing secondary selection without starting a new one, if you click +@kbd{M-mouse-1} on the mode line or on the header line. @findex mouse-secondary-save-then-kill @kindex M-mouse-3 @item M-mouse-3 -Set the secondary selection, with one end at the position clicked and -the other at the position specified with @kbd{M-mouse-1} -(@code{mouse-secondary-save-then-kill}). This also puts the selected -text in the kill ring. A second @kbd{M-mouse-3} at the same place -kills the secondary selection just made. +Set the secondary selection (@code{mouse-secondary-save-then-kill}), +with one end at the position you click @kbd{M-mouse-3}, and the other +at the position specified previously with @kbd{M-mouse-1}. This also +puts the selected text in the kill ring. A second @kbd{M-mouse-3} at +the same place kills the text selected by the secondary selection just +made. @findex mouse-yank-secondary @kindex M-mouse-2 |