shift+insert not working in emacs 25

Question

In emacs 23 there was an option where we can select the word with mouse and using cntrl+s we can paste that word to search. Unfortunately this is not working in emacs 25. I didnt change the configuration file . I took the emacs code from the git hub and compiled. I am using Centos6.4 version

I have already tried this

(setq select-enable-clipboard t) and (x-get-selection-value)

But none of it helped me

Answer 1

Add (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t) to your .emacs

Answer 2

You could simply (!) select the word with the mouse and type M-w C-s RET C-y RET C-s C-s

Here are the details:

• select the word with the mouse
• M-w (to copy to clipboard)
• C-s RET (to start incremental search and switch to non-incremental search)
• (or 'FIND' if you have this key on your keyboard)
• C-y (to paste from clipboard)
• RET (to start searching)
• C-s C-s (to search other occurrences)