Variable: select-enable-clipboard

select-enable-clipboard is a customizable variable defined in select.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

Non-nil means cutting and pasting uses the clipboard.

This can be in addition to, but in preference to, the primary selection, if applicable (i.e. under X11).

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 24.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 25.1.

Aliases

x-select-enable-clipboard (obsolete since 25.1)

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/select.el.gz
(defcustom select-enable-clipboard t
  "Non-nil means cutting and pasting uses the clipboard.
This can be in addition to, but in preference to, the primary selection,
if applicable (i.e. under X11)."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'killing
  ;; The GNU/Linux version changed in 24.1, the MS-Windows version did not.
  :version "24.1")