Let all active regions set the primary selection.

This includes both temporarily active regions (mouse drag and
shift-select) and those made with C-SPC and cursor motion.

* lisp/cus-start.el: Change defcustom for select-active-regions.

* lisp/simple.el (deactivate-mark): If select-active-regions is `only',
only set selection for temporarily active regions.

* src/insdel.c (prepare_to_modify_buffer): Handle `only' value of
select-active-regions.

* src/keyboard.c (command_loop_1): Avoid setting selection twice,
since it's done in deactivate-mark as well.
(Vselect_active_regions): Replace `lazy' value with `only',
meaning to only set PRIMARY for temporarily active regions.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8e2594d8ace..d489e2d32c7 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -191,23 +191,26 @@ should use delete-char with a negative argument instead.
 
 ** Selection changes.
 
-The way Emacs interacts with the clipboard and primary selection, by
-default, is now similar to other X applications.  In particular, kill
-and yank use the clipboard, in addition to the primary selection.
+The default handling of clipboard and primary selections has been
+changed to conform with other X applications.
 
-*** `select-active-regions' now defaults to `lazy'.
-This means that any active region made with shift-selection or mouse
-dragging, or acted on by Emacs (e.g. with M-w or C-w), is
-automatically added to the primary window selection.
+*** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t, so active regions set
+the primary selection.
+
+It also accepts a new value, `lazy', which means to only set the
+primary selection for temporarily active regions (usually made by
+mouse-dragging or shift-selection).
+
+*** `mouse-2' is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
 
 *** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t.
+Thus, killing and yanking now use the clipboard (in addition to the
+kill ring).
 
 *** `x-select-enable-primary' now defaults to nil.
 
 *** `mouse-drag-copy-region' now defaults to nil.
 
-*** `mouse-2' is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
-
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1