@end ifnottex
@menu
-* Cut and Paste:: Mouse commands for cut and paste.
+* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
+* Word and Line Mouse:: Mouse commands for selecting whole words or lines.
* 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 Cutting and Pasting on Graphical Displays
-
- This section describes commands for selecting a region, cutting, and
-pasting using the mouse.
-
-@menu
-* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
-* Word and Line Mouse:: Mouse commands for selecting whole words or lines.
-* Cut/Paste Other App:: Transfering text between Emacs and other apps.
-* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
-* Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections.
-@end menu
-
@node Mouse Commands
-@subsection Mouse Commands for Editing
+@section Mouse Commands for Editing
@cindex mouse buttons (what they do)
@kindex Mouse-1
@kbd{Mouse-2} does not move point. Then it does not matter where you
click, or even which of the frame's windows you click on; the yank
occurs at the existing point. This variable also affects yanking the
-primary and secondary selections (@pxref{Cut/Paste Other App}).
+primary and secondary selections (@pxref{Primary Selection}).
@findex mouse-save-then-kill
Clicking with the right mouse button, @kbd{Mouse-3}, runs the
@xref{Using Region}.
@node Word and Line Mouse
-@subsection Mouse Commands for Words and Lines
+@section Mouse Commands for Words and Lines
These variants of @kbd{Mouse-1} select entire words or lines at a
time. Emacs activates the region around the selected text, which is
Select the text you drag across, in the form of whole lines.
@end table
-@node Cut/Paste Other App
-@subsection Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
-
-@cindex X cutting and pasting
-@cindex X selection
-@cindex primary selection
-@cindex selection, primary
- When running Emacs under the X window system, you can easily
-transfer text between Emacs and other X applications using the
-@dfn{primary selection} (also called the @dfn{X selection}). This is
-@emph{not} the same thing as the @dfn{clipboard}, which is a separate
-facility used on desktop environments such as Gnome, and on operating
-systems such as Microsoft Windows (@pxref{Clipboard}).
-
- Under X, whenever you select some text in Emacs by dragging or
-clicking the mouse (@pxref{Mouse Commands}), it is also saved in the
-primary selection. You can then @dfn{paste} that text into any other
-X application, usually by clicking @kbd{Mouse-2} in that application.
-Unlike the Emacs kill ring (@pxref{Kill Ring}), the primary selection
-has no ``memory'': each time you save something in the primary
-selection, either in Emacs or in another X application, the previous
-contents of the primary selection are lost.
-
-@cindex MS-Windows, and primary selection
- MS-Windows provides no primary selection, but Emacs emulates it
-within a single Emacs session, by storing the selected text
-internally. Therefore, all the features and commands related to the
-primary selection work on Windows as they do on X, for cutting and
-pasting within the same session, but not across Emacs sessions or with
-other applications.
-
- Whenever you kill some text using a command such as @kbd{C-w}
-(@code{kill-region}), or copy it into the kill ring using a command
-such as @kbd{M-w} (@code{kill-ring-save}), that text is also saved in
-the primary selection. @xref{Killing}.
-
-@vindex select-active-regions
- If you set the region using the keyboard---for instance, by typing
-@kbd{C-@key{SPC}} and moving point away from the mark---the text in
-the region is not normally saved to the primary selection. However,
-if you change the variable @code{select-active-regions} to @code{t},
-the region is saved to the primary selection whenever you activate the
-mark. Each change to the region also updates the primary selection.
-
-@vindex yank-pop-change-selection
- If you change @code{yank-pop-change-selection} to @code{t}, rotating
-the kill ring with @kbd{M-y} (@code{yank-pop}) also saves the new yank
-to the primary selection (@pxref{Yanking}).
-
-@vindex save-interprogram-paste-before-kill
- If you change @code{save-interprogram-paste-before-kill} to
-@code{t}, each kill command first saves the existing selection onto
-the kill ring. This prevents you from losing the existing selection,
-at the risk of large memory consumption if other applications generate
-large selections.
-
- You can yank the primary selection into Emacs using the usual yank
-commands, such as @kbd{C-y} (@code{yank}) and @kbd{Mouse-2}
-(@code{mouse-yank-at-click}). These commands actually check the
-primary selection before referring to the kill ring; if no primary
-selection is available, the kill ring contents are used. To prevent
-yank commands from accessing the primary selection, set the variable
-@code{x-select-enable-primary} to @code{nil}.
-
- The standard coding system for the primary selection is
-@code{compound-text-with-extensions}. You may find that the pasted
-text is not what you expected. In such a case, you can specify
-another coding system for the selection by typing @kbd{C-x @key{RET}
-x} or @kbd{C-x @key{RET} X}. Alternatively, you can request a
-different data type by modifying the variable
-@code{x-select-request-type}. @xref{Communication Coding}.
-
-@node Secondary Selection
-@subsection Secondary Selection
-@cindex secondary selection
-
- In addition to the primary selection, the X Window System provides a
-second similar facility known as the @dfn{secondary selection}.
-Nowadays, few X applications make use of the secondary selection, but
-you can access it using the following Emacs commands:
-
-@table @kbd
-@findex mouse-set-secondary
-@kindex M-Drag-Mouse-1
-@item M-Drag-Mouse-1
-Set the secondary selection, with one end at the place where you press
-down the button, and the other end at the place where you release it
-(@code{mouse-set-secondary}). The selected text is highlighted, using
-the @code{secondary-selection} face, as you drag. The window scrolls
-automatically if you drag the mouse off the top or bottom of the
-window, just like @code{mouse-set-region} (@pxref{Mouse Commands}).
-
-This command does not alter the kill ring.
-
-@findex mouse-start-secondary
-@kindex M-Mouse-1
-@item M-Mouse-1
-Set one endpoint for the @dfn{secondary selection}
-(@code{mouse-start-secondary}).
-
-@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.
-
-@findex mouse-yank-secondary
-@kindex M-Mouse-2
-@item M-Mouse-2
-Insert the secondary selection where you click, placing point at the
-end of the yanked text (@code{mouse-yank-secondary}).
-@end table
-
-Double or triple clicking of @kbd{M-Mouse-1} operates on words and
-lines, much like @kbd{Mouse-1}.
-
-If @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{M-Mouse-2} yanks
-at point. Then it does not matter precisely where you click, or even
-which of the frame's windows you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}.
-
-@node Clipboard
-@subsection Using the Clipboard
-@cindex clipboard
-
- In desktop environments such as Gnome, and operating systems such as
-Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, you can transfer data (usually text)
-between different applications using the @dfn{clipboard}. The
-clipboard is distinct from the primary selection and secondary
-selection discussed earlier. You can access the clipboard through the
-@samp{Edit} menu of the menu bar (@pxref{Menu Bar}).
-
-@cindex cut
-@findex clipboard-kill-region
- The command @code{clipboard-kill-region}, which is bound to the
-@code{Cut} menu item, kills the region and saves it in the clipboard.
-
-@cindex copy
-@findex clipboard-kill-ring-save
- The command @code{clipboard-kill-ring-save}, which is bound to the
-@code{Copy} menu item, copies the region to the kill ring and saves it
-in the clipboard.
-
-@findex clipboard-yank
-@cindex paste
- The @code{Paste} menu item in the Edit menu yanks the contents of
-the clipboard at point (@code{clipboard-yank}).
-
-@vindex x-select-enable-clipboard
- You can customize the variable @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to
-make the Emacs yank functions consult the clipboard before the primary
-selection, and to make the kill functions to store in the clipboard as
-well as the primary selection. Otherwise, these commands do not
-access the clipboard at all. Using the clipboard is the default on
-MS-Windows and Mac OS, but not on other systems.
-
@node Mouse References
@section Following References with the Mouse
@kindex Mouse-1 @r{(selection)}
@node Killing, Registers, Mark, Top
@chapter Killing and Moving Text
- @dfn{Killing} means erasing text and copying it into the @dfn{kill
-ring}, from which you can bring it back into the buffer by
-@dfn{yanking} it. (Some applications use the terms ``cutting'' and
-``pasting'' for similar operations.) This is the most common way of
-moving or copying text within Emacs. It is very versatile, because
-there are commands for killing many different types of syntactic
-units.
+ In Emacs, @dfn{killing} means erasing text and copying it into the
+@dfn{kill ring}. @dfn{Yanking} means bringing text from the kill ring
+back into the buffer. (Some applications use the terms ``cutting''
+and ``pasting'' for similar operations.) The kill ring is so-named
+because it can be visualized as a set of blocks of text arranged in a
+ring, which you can access in cyclic order. @xref{Kill Ring}.
+
+ Killing and yanking are the most common way to move or copy text
+within Emacs. It is very versatile, because there are commands for
+killing many different types of syntactic units.
@menu
* Deletion and Killing:: Commands that remove text.
* Yanking:: Commands that insert text.
+* Cut and Paste:: Clipboard and selections on graphical displays.
* Accumulating Text:: Other methods to add text to the buffer.
* Rectangles:: Operating on text in rectangular areas.
* CUA Bindings:: Using @kbd{C-x}/@kbd{C-c}/@kbd{C-v} to kill and yank.
@cindex cutting text
@cindex deletion
Most commands which erase text from the buffer save it in the kill
-ring. These are known as @dfn{kill} commands. The kill ring stores
-several recent kills, not just the last one, so killing is a very safe
-operation: when you make a new kill, you don't have to worry much
-about losing text that you previously killed.
+ring. These are known as @dfn{kill} commands, and their names
+normally contain the word @samp{kill} (e.g. @code{kill-line}). The
+kill ring stores several recent kills, not just the last one, so
+killing is a very safe operation: you don't have to worry much about
+losing text that you previously killed. The kill ring is shared by
+all buffers, so text that is killed in one buffer can be yanked into
+another buffer.
+
+ When you use @kbd{C-/} (@code{undo}) to undo a kill command
+(@pxref{Undo}), that brings the killed text back into the buffer, but
+does not remove it from the kill ring.
- You can yank text from the kill ring into any position in a buffer,
-including a position in a different buffer; the kill ring is shared by
-all buffers. The @kbd{C-/} (@code{undo}) command can undo both kill
-and delete commands (@pxref{Undo}); the importance of the kill ring is
-that you can yank the text in a different place.
+ On graphical displays, killing text also copies it to the system
+clipboard. @xref{Cut and Paste}.
Commands that erase text but do not save it in the kill ring are
-known as @dfn{delete} commands. These include @kbd{C-d}
-(@code{delete-char}) and @key{DEL} (@code{delete-backward-char}),
-which delete only one character at a time, and those commands that
-delete only spaces or newlines. Commands that can erase significant
-amounts of nontrivial data generally do a kill operation instead. The
-commands' names and individual descriptions use the words @samp{kill}
-and @samp{delete} to say which kind of operation they perform.
+known as @dfn{delete} commands; their names usually contain the word
+@samp{delete}. These include @kbd{C-d} (@code{delete-char}) and
+@key{DEL} (@code{delete-backward-char}), which delete only one
+character at a time, and those commands that delete only spaces or
+newlines. Commands that can erase significant amounts of nontrivial
+data generally do a kill operation instead.
You can also use the mouse to kill and yank. @xref{Cut and Paste}.
@kindex C-k
@findex kill-line
- The simplest kill command is @kbd{C-k}. If given at the beginning
-of a line, it kills all the text on the line@footnote{Here, ``line''
-means a logical text line, not a screen line. @xref{Continuation
-Lines}.}, leaving it blank. When used on a blank line, it kills the
-whole line including its newline.
-
- More precisely, @kbd{C-k} kills from point up to the end of the
-line, unless it is at the end of a line. In that case it kills the
-newline following point, thus merging the next line into the current
-one. Spaces and tabs at the end of the line are ignored when deciding
-which case applies, so as long as point is after the last visible
+ The simplest kill command is @kbd{C-k} (@code{kill-line}). If used
+at the end of a line, it kills the line-ending newline character,
+merging the next line into the current one (thus, a blank line is
+entirely removed). Otherwise, @kbd{C-k} kills all the text from point
+up to the end of the line; if point was originally at the beginning of
+the line, this leaves the line blank.
+
+ Spaces and tabs at the end of the line are ignored when deciding
+which case applies. As long as point is after the last visible
character in the line, you can be sure that @kbd{C-k} will kill the
newline. To kill an entire non-blank line, go to the beginning and
type @kbd{C-k} twice.
+ In this context, ``line'' means a logical text line, not a screen
+line (@pxref{Continuation Lines}).
+
When @kbd{C-k} is given a positive argument @var{n}, it kills
@var{n} lines and the newlines that follow them (text on the current
line before point is not killed). With a negative argument
@kindex C-S-backspace
@findex kill-whole-line
- @kbd{C-S-backspace} (@code{kill-whole-line}) will kill a whole line
-including its newline regardless of the position of point within the
-line. Note that many character terminals will prevent you from typing
-the key sequence @kbd{C-S-backspace}.
+ @kbd{C-S-backspace} (@code{kill-whole-line}) kills a whole line
+including its newline, regardless of the position of point within the
+line. Note that many text terminals will prevent you from typing the
+key sequence @kbd{C-S-backspace}.
@node Other Kill Commands
@subsection Other Kill Commands
@kindex M-w
@findex kill-ring-save
- The command @kbd{M-w} (@code{kill-ring-save}) copies the region into
-the kill ring without removing it from the buffer. This is
-approximately equivalent to @kbd{C-w} followed by @kbd{C-/}, except
-that @kbd{M-w} does not alter the undo history.
+ @kbd{M-w} (@code{kill-ring-save}) copies the region into the kill
+ring without removing it from the buffer.
Emacs also provides commands to kill specific syntactic units:
words, with @kbd{M-@key{DEL}} and @kbd{M-d} (@pxref{Words}); balanced
@vindex kill-read-only-ok
@cindex read-only text, killing
Some specialized buffers contain @dfn{read-only text}, which cannot
-be modified and therefore cannot be killed. But some users like to
-use the kill commands to copy read-only text into the kill ring,
-without actually changing it. Therefore, the kill commands work
-specially in a read-only buffer: they move over text, and copy it to
+be modified and therefore cannot be killed. The kill commands work
+specially in a read-only buffer: they move over text and copy it to
the kill ring, without actually deleting it from the buffer.
-Normally, kill commands beep and display an error message when this
+Normally, they also beep and display an error message when this
happens. But if you set the variable @code{kill-read-only-ok} to a
non-@code{nil} value, they just print a message in the echo area to
explain why the text has not been erased.
Append next kill to last batch of killed text (@code{append-next-kill}).
@end table
- On graphical displays with window systems, if there is a current
-selection in some other application, and you selected it more recently
-than you killed any text in Emacs, @kbd{C-y} copies the selection
-instead of text killed within Emacs.
+@cindex yanking and text properties
+@vindex yank-excluded-properties
+ The yank commands discard certain properties from the yanked text.
+These are properties that might lead to annoying results, such as
+causing the text to respond to the mouse or specifying key bindings.
+The list of properties to discard is stored in the variable
+@code{yank-excluded-properties}. These properties are also discarded
+when yanking register contents and rectangles. @xref{Text
+Properties,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, for more
+information about text properties.
@menu
* Kill Ring:: Where killed text is stored. Basic yanking.
@node Kill Ring
@subsection The Kill Ring
- All killed text is recorded in the @dfn{kill ring}, a list of blocks
-of text that have been killed. There is only one kill ring, shared by
-all buffers, so you can kill text in one buffer and yank it in another
-buffer. This is the usual way to move text from one file to another.
-(There are several other methods: for instance, you could store the
-text in a register. @xref{Registers}, for information about
-registers. @xref{Accumulating Text}, for some other ways to move text
-around.)
+ The @dfn{kill ring} is a list of blocks of text that were previously
+killed. There is only one kill ring, shared by all buffers, so you
+can kill text in one buffer and yank it in another buffer. This is
+the usual way to move text from one file to another. (There are
+several other methods: for instance, you could store the text in a
+register; see @ref{Registers}. @xref{Accumulating Text}, for some
+other ways to move text around.)
@kindex C-y
@findex yank
- The command @kbd{C-y} (@code{yank}) reinserts the text of the most
-recent kill, leaving the cursor at the end of the text. It also adds
-the position of the beginning of the text to the mark ring, without
-activating the mark; this allows you to jump easily to that position
-with @kbd{C-x C-x} (@pxref{Setting Mark}). With a plain prefix
-argument (@kbd{C-u C-y}), it instead leaves the cursor in front of the
-text, and adds the position of the end of the text to the mark ring.
-Using other sort of prefix argument specifies an earlier kill; for
-example, @kbd{C-u 4 C-y} reinserts the fourth most recent kill.
-@xref{Earlier Kills}.
-
-@cindex yanking and text properties
-@vindex yank-excluded-properties
- The yank commands discard certain properties from the yanked text.
-These are properties that might lead to annoying results, such as
-causing the text to respond to the mouse or specifying key bindings.
-The list of properties to discard is stored in the variable
-@code{yank-excluded-properties}. Yanking of register contents and
-rectangles also discard these properties. @xref{Text Properties,,,
-elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, for more information about
-text properties.
+ @kbd{C-y} (@code{yank}) reinserts the text of the most recent kill,
+leaving the cursor at the end of the text. It also adds the position
+of the beginning of the text to the mark ring, without activating the
+mark; this allows you to jump easily to that position with @kbd{C-x
+C-x} (@pxref{Setting Mark}).
+
+ On graphical displays, @kbd{C-y} first checks if another application
+has placed any text in the system clipboard more recently than the
+last Emacs kill. If so, it inserts from the clipboard instead of the
+kill ring. Conceptually, you can think of the clipboard as an
+``extra'' entry in the kill ring, which is present if you recently cut
+or copied some text in another application. @xref{Cut and Paste}.
+
+ With a plain prefix argument (@kbd{C-u C-y}), the @code{yank}
+command instead leaves the cursor in front of the text, and adds the
+position of the end of the text to the mark ring. Using any other
+prefix argument specifies an earlier kill; for example, @kbd{C-u 4
+C-y} reinserts the fourth most recent kill. @xref{Earlier Kills}.
@node Appending Kills
@subsection Appending Kills
@code{kill-ring}; you can view the entire contents of the kill ring with
the command @kbd{C-h v kill-ring}.
+@node Cut and Paste
+@section ``Cut and Paste'' Operations on Graphical Displays
+@cindex cut
+@cindex copy
+@cindex paste
+
+ In most graphical desktop environments, you can transfer data
+(usually text) between different applications using a system facility
+called the @dfn{clipboard}. On X, two other similar facilities are
+available: the primary selection and the secondary selection. When
+Emacs is run on a graphical display, its kill and yank commands
+integrate with these facilities, so that you can easily transfer text
+between Emacs and other graphical applications.
+
+ By default, Emacs uses UTF-8 as the coding system for inter-program
+text transfers. If you find that the pasted text is not what you
+expected, you can specify another coding system by typing @kbd{C-x
+@key{RET} x} or @kbd{C-x @key{RET} X}. You can also request a
+different data type by customizing @code{x-select-request-type}.
+@xref{Communication Coding}.
+
+@menu
+* Clipboard:: How Emacs uses the system clipboard.
+* Primary Selection:: The temporarily selected text selection.
+* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
+@end menu
+
+@node Clipboard
+@subsection Using the Clipboard
+@cindex clipboard
+
+ The @dfn{clipboard} is the facility that most graphical applications
+use for ``cutting and pasting''. When the clipboard exists, the kill
+and yank commands in Emacs make use of it.
+
+ When you kill some text with a command such as @kbd{C-w}
+(@code{kill-region}), or copy it to the kill ring with a command such
+as @kbd{M-w} (@code{kill-ring-save}), that text is also put in the
+clipboard. @xref{Killing}.
+
+@vindex save-interprogram-paste-before-kill
+ When an Emacs kill command puts text in the clipboard, the existing
+clipboard contents are normally lost. Optionally, you can change
+@code{save-interprogram-paste-before-kill} to @code{t}. Then Emacs
+will first save the clipboard to its kill ring, preventing you from
+losing the old clipboard data---at the risk of high memory consumption
+if that data turns out to be large.
+
+ The usual yank commands, such as @kbd{C-y} (@code{yank}), also use
+the clipboard. If another application ``owns'' the clipboard---i.e.,
+if you cut or copied text there more recently than your last kill
+command in Emacs---then Emacs yanks from the clipboard instead of the
+kill ring. Otherwise, it yanks from the kill ring, as described in
+@ref{Yanking}.
+
+@vindex yank-pop-change-selection
+ Normally, rotating the kill ring with @kbd{M-y} (@code{yank-pop})
+does not alter the clipboard. However, if you change
+@code{yank-pop-change-selection} to @code{t}, then @kbd{M-y} saves the
+new yank to the clipboard.
+
+@vindex x-select-enable-clipboard
+ To prevent kill and yank commands from accessing the clipboard,
+change the variable @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to @code{nil}.
+
+@vindex x-select-enable-primary
+@findex clipboard-kill-region
+@findex clipboard-kill-ring-save
+@findex clipboard-yank
+ Prior to Emacs 24, the kill and yank commands used the primary
+selection (@pxref{Primary Selection}), not the clipboard. If you
+prefer this behavior, change @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to
+@code{nil}, @code{x-select-enable-primary} to @code{t}, and
+@code{mouse-drag-copy-region} to @code{t}. In this case, you can use
+the following commands to act explicitly on the clipboard:
+@code{clipboard-kill-region} kills the region and saves it to the
+clipboard; @code{clipboard-kill-ring-save} copies the region to the
+kill ring and saves it to the clipboard; and @code{clipboard-yank}
+yanks the contents of the clipboard at point.
+
+@node Primary Selection
+@subsection Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
+@cindex X cutting and pasting
+@cindex X selection
+@cindex primary selection
+@cindex selection, primary
+
+ Under the X window system, there exists a @dfn{primary selection}
+containing the last stretch of text selected in an X application
+(usually by dragging the mouse). Typically, this text can be inserted
+into other X applications by @kbd{mouse-2} clicks. The primary
+selection is separate from the clipboard (@pxref{Clipboard}). Its
+contents are more ``fragile''; they are overwritten by any mouse
+selection, whereas the clipboard is only overwritten by explicit
+``cut'' or ``copy'' commands.
+
+ Under X, whenever you select some text in Emacs by dragging or
+clicking the mouse (@pxref{Mouse Commands}), it is also saved to the
+primary selection.
+
+@vindex select-active-regions
+ If you set the region using the keyboard---for instance, by typing
+@kbd{C-@key{SPC}} and moving point away from the mark---the text in
+the region is also saved to the primary selection. (The updating of
+the primary selection is done at the end of each command, as long as
+the region is active and non-empty.) To disable this behavior, change
+the variable @code{select-active-regions} to @code{nil}.
+
+ To insert the primary selection into an Emacs buffer, click
+@kbd{mouse-2} (@code{mouse-yank-primary}) where you want to insert it.
+@xref{Mouse Commands}.
+
+@cindex MS-Windows, and primary selection
+ MS-Windows provides no primary selection, but Emacs emulates it
+within a single Emacs session by storing the selected text internally.
+Therefore, all the features and commands related to the primary
+selection work on Windows as they do on X, for cutting and pasting
+within the same session, but not across Emacs sessions or with other
+applications.
+
+@node Secondary Selection
+@subsection Secondary Selection
+@cindex secondary selection
+
+ In addition to the primary selection, the X Window System provides a
+second similar facility known as the @dfn{secondary selection}.
+Nowadays, few X applications make use of the secondary selection, but
+you can access it using the following Emacs commands:
+
+@table @kbd
+@findex mouse-set-secondary
+@kindex M-Drag-Mouse-1
+@item M-Drag-Mouse-1
+Set the secondary selection, with one end at the place where you press
+down the button, and the other end at the place where you release it
+(@code{mouse-set-secondary}). The selected text is highlighted, using
+the @code{secondary-selection} face, as you drag. The window scrolls
+automatically if you drag the mouse off the top or bottom of the
+window, just like @code{mouse-set-region} (@pxref{Mouse Commands}).
+
+This command does not alter the kill ring.
+
+@findex mouse-start-secondary
+@kindex M-Mouse-1
+@item M-Mouse-1
+Set one endpoint for the @dfn{secondary selection}
+(@code{mouse-start-secondary}).
+
+@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.
+
+@findex mouse-yank-secondary
+@kindex M-Mouse-2
+@item M-Mouse-2
+Insert the secondary selection where you click, placing point at the
+end of the yanked text (@code{mouse-yank-secondary}).
+@end table
+
+Double or triple clicking of @kbd{M-Mouse-1} operates on words and
+lines, much like @kbd{Mouse-1}.
+
+If @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{M-Mouse-2} yanks
+at point. Then it does not matter precisely where you click, or even
+which of the frame's windows you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}.
+
@node Accumulating Text
@section Accumulating Text
@findex append-to-buffer
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