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Using the Clipboard
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   As well as the primary and secondary selection types, X supports a
"clipboard" selection type which is used by some applications,
particularly under OpenWindows and Gnome.

   The command `M-x menu-bar-enable-clipboard' makes the `Cut', `Paste'
and `Copy' menu items, as well as the keys of the same names, all use
the clipboard.

   You can customize the option `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 they do not access the
clipboard at all.  Using the clipboard is the default on MS-Windows,
unlike most systems.