How to avoid paste to system clipboard when use Emacs For Mac OS X?

Question

When use Emacs For Mac OS X, copy a string from browser(E.g. B) then paste into it, it works.

But if use ciw(vim mode) on a string(it's the same as copy a string inside the tool, E.g. A), then Ctrl + v to paste the previous string again, it will show the one cut in the tool(A). I hope it can take B here.

This case doesn't happened when use emacs in terminal.

Answer 1

I'll try to guess what you mean ;-) and suggest using M-x yank-pop (bound by default to M-y normally) instead of M-x yank (bound to s-v and C-y by default in my setup on Mac OS, but possibly Ctrl + v is bound to yank in your case).

The exact behavior of the yank-pop may depend on the version of Emacs you're using (this function was updated not so long ago). You can read more about this command usage in installed Emacs with C-h f yank-pop and M-x info-apropos <RET> yank-pop.

On Emacs 28.0.50, after hitting M-y (M-x yank-pop) I currently get this nicely looking kills (cuts) history selection interface in the minibuffer:

[Use C-s and C-r to switch to the next/previous item.]

Another way to use M-x yank-pop is to call it right after pasting with the M-x yank command (s-v/C-y binding), such as:

1. C-y inserts the most recent item from the kill ring.
2. Then M-y replaces just inserted item with the earlier available killed item (going further back in the kill history on each M-y hit).

Hope my guess is right and this answer helps you.