From d176090fc28ce3031213bc008919c1895f78d778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 11:30:35 +0300 Subject: Improve documentation of secondary selections * doc/emacs/killing.texi (Secondary Selection): Improve wording. Mention that 'M-mouse-1' can be used to cancel secondary selections. (Bug#36365) --- doc/emacs/killing.texi | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file 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 -- cgit v1.2.1