Issue #5124: NEWS entries.

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 94716a11aa24e0943cfc13252db0440b4a349e2a..298a82a15e380e04fa3847c7ba24ca190e303524 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.7.12?
 ==========================
 *Release date: 2015-06-30?*
 
+- Issue #5124: Paste with text selected now replaces the selection on X11.
+  This matches how paste works on Windows, Mac, most modern Linux apps,
+  and ttk widgets.  Original patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+
 - Issue #24759: Make clear in idlelib.idle_test.__init__ that the directory
   is a private implementation of test.test_idle and tool for maintainers.
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c3cabb6c5814049998c2d671de0b036a538dc83f..4c643efe2381f376f44ef7962e2f3d143efe1c3d 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ Library
 
 IDLE
 ----
+
+- Issue #5124: Paste with text selected now replaces the selection on X11.
+  This matches how paste works on Windows, Mac, most modern Linux apps,
+  and ttk widgets.  Original patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+
 - Issue #24759: Make clear in idlelib.idle_test.__init__ that the directory
   is a private implementation of test.test_idle and tool for maintainers.