Emacs supports drag and drop so that dropping of files and text is handeled.
Currently supported drag and drop protocols are XDND and the old KDE 1.x
protocol. There is no drag support yet.
-When text is dropped, Emacs inserts the text where it is dropped.
+When text is dropped on Emacs, Emacs inserts the text where it is dropped.
When a file is dragged from a file manager to Emacs, Emacs opens that file.
As a special case, if a file is dropped on a dired buffer the file is
copied or moved (depends on exactly how it is dragged and the application
-is was dragged from) to the directory the dired buffer is displaying.
+it was dragged from) to the directory the dired buffer is displaying.
@vindex x-dnd-open-file-other-window
A file is normally opened in the window it is dropped on, but if you
-prefer the file to be opened in a new window, you can customize the variable
+prefer the file to be opened in a new window you can customize the variable
@code{x-dnd-open-file-other-window}.
@vindex x-dnd-types-alist
- If you want to change the way Emacs handles drop of different types,
+ If you want to change the way Emacs handles drop of different types
or add a new type, you shall customize @code{x-dnd-types-alist}. This
requires detailed knowledge of what types other applications use
for drag and drop.
@vindex x-dnd-protocol-alist
- When an URL is dropped on Emacs, it may be a file, but it may also be
+ When an URL is dropped on Emacs it may be a file, but it may also be
another URL type (ftp, http, etc.). Emacs first checks
@code{x-dnd-protocol-alist} to determine what to do with the URL. If there
-is no match there, and if @code{browse-url-browser-function} is an alist,
-Emacs looks for a match there. If no match is found, the text for the URL
+is no match there and if @code{browse-url-browser-function} is an alist,
+Emacs looks for a match there. If no match is found the text for the URL
is inserted. If you want to alter Emacs behaviour you can customize these
variables.
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