From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:11:28 +0200 Message-ID: <87im4ryfqn.fsf@gnus.org> References: <86czv656gm.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com> <87y2dteurl.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25359"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Jean Louis , 47642@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 12 12:12:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lVtYC-0006My-H1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:12:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36058 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVtYB-0001BG-Gz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:12:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58980) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVtY2-00019y-Va for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45024) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVtY2-0005hO-2i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVtY1-0008Rv-Tr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:12:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 47642 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 47642-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B47642.161822230232455 (code B ref 47642); Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 47642) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2021 10:11:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56570 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVtXi-0008RP-8f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:11:42 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:49986) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVtXf-0008RA-J7 for 47642@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:11:40 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=MqhvEtd/hAxhGFiOcQvGBAE0ApkFIBWrd9QZ7IdrzWs=; b=MWzu1h4BhNFjMBD1G3LzE5nq3s qqa+EhcEYOrTb6p7+n15QtWXdKCvtucBpGkF5WZEcYxlYlPRWnL2CaCkShP7SVeR8A7TD0RsnAwUs m2WJ0XlsbUgLavSGE+MRQe7dni/wXOmGaEB1i9UjvKCs74wS7GnUg1KIuG5ZWiYoyFBE=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lVtXV-0006Ao-9v; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:11:33 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Stereolab's _Switched On Vol. 4: Electrically Possessed (1)_: "Outer Bongolia" In-Reply-To: <87y2dteurl.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:58:34 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:203890 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: > after copying an image in Gimp, then exiting Gimp, and trying to paste > in Emacs. I was unable to reproduce that (on Debian/bullseye) -- I just get nil back from (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'UTF8_STRING nil nil) no matter whether Gimp is running or not (after choosing Edit -> Copy). In any case -- I'm not sure there's anything we can do on the Emacs side... except perhaps change the error message? "Couldn't convert" isn't really informative. "Couldn't get selection from selection owner", perhaps? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no