"Daniel Pittman" <daniel(a)danann.net> writes:
> I believe this is a fairly recent change in XEmacs behavior. 'kill-word'
> currently replaces the primary selection with the killed word, where
> previously (circa b29, I think) the primary selection was left alone.
It is new functionality. Try toggling
"Options->Keyboard and Mouse->Yank/kill interact with clipboard".
Do you mind this being the default?
Jan