From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: 47642@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:37:32 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83im4xansz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86czv656gm.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com> (message from Jean Louis on Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:51:05 +0300)
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:51:05 +0300
>
>
> I never had this error. It now happens in the longer running instance,
> it started suddenly. I don;t remember using any chars outside of
> ASCII. It is invoked when I pres C-k or C-y -- it started mysteriously
> and then after a while it stopped.
>
> I cannot replicate it in 'emacs -Q'.
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
Why do you think it's an Emacs problem? The error message points to
an external program, which owns the selection.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-07 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-07 17:51 bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING) Jean Louis
2021-04-07 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-04-13 5:37 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-07 19:58 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-12 10:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-04-12 16:03 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-13 7:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-04-13 16:20 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-14 18:23 ` Juri Linkov
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