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authorKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2017-12-15 19:19:11 -0800
committerKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2017-12-15 19:19:11 -0800
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doc: listener: clarify about deletion in selection mode.
* txr.1: Clarify that Ctrl-D is the only deletion command which copies into the clipboard, and only in visual selection mode.
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@@ -61693,6 +61693,11 @@ If the Ctrl-D command is invoked while a selection is in effect, then
instead of deleting the character under the cursor, it deletes the
selection, and copies it to the clipboard.
+Ctrl-D has no effect on the clipboard when visual selection is not in effect.
+
+No other commands which delete text have any effect on the clipboard,
+whether or not selection mode is in effect.
+
.NP* Clipboard Paste
The Ctrl-Q command ("quote the clipboard") inserts text from the clipboard
@@ -61733,7 +61738,9 @@ When a selection is replaced, nothing is copied to the clipboard.
.NP* Delete in Selection Mode
In visual mode, it is possible to issue commands which delete text.
-Ctrl-D has special behavior, Visual Cut, described above.
+
+One such command is Ctrl-D. It's special behavior in selection mode,
+Visual Cut, is described above.
The Backspace key and Ctrl-H also have a special behavior in select mode. If
the cursor is at the rightmost endpoint of the selection, then these commands
@@ -61749,8 +61756,9 @@ and then deletes the word before the selection.
All other deletion commands such as Ctrl-K simply cancel visual
selection mode and take their usual effect.
-Nothing is copied to the clipboard when deletion commands are used while a
-selection is in effect.
+No deletion command other than Ctrl-D has any effect on the clipboard,
+and Ctrl-D only copies to the clipboard when a selection is being
+deleted.
.SS* Multi-Line Mode