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How to disable x paste in emacs

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Every single time I highlight something in emacs, it copies it. Is there any way to disable this annoying behavior? Im on ubuntu.

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josh Avatar asked Aug 10 '10 01:08

josh

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This setting should disable it:

(setq mouse-drag-copy-region nil)

Documentation for the variable is:

Documentation: If non-nil, mouse drag
copies region to kill-ring.

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Trey Jackson Avatar answered Oct 02 '22 02:10

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