From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Rupert" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: cannot copy clipboard to other applications Date: 24 Dec 2006 05:18:42 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1166966322.858386.268000@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> References: <877iwhpi3r.fsf@MagnumOpus.khem> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166967765 13353 80.91.229.10 (24 Dec 2006 13:42:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 24 14:42:43 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GyTcg-0000eA-1C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:42:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GyTcf-0007o3-DV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:42:41 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.205.192.27 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1166966328 12664 127.0.0.1 (24 Dec 2006 13:18:48 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:18:48 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <877iwhpi3r.fsf@MagnumOpus.khem> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061024 Iceweasel/2.0 (Debian-2.0+dfsg-1),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 wwwcache.warwick.ac.uk:3128 (Squid/2.4.STABLE1) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=137.205.192.27; posting-account=gzV7zA0AAABSTAJnd6XhxICCG2AoOEvs Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144293 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:39894 Archived-At: Charles philip Chan wrote: > On 24 Dec 2006, patrick.giraudoux@univ-fcomte.fr wrote: > > > Strangely, I can copy clipboard from other applications to emacs (eg > > with gedit C-c and then C-y into emacs) but NOT from emacs to other > > applications (eg M-w in emacs and then C-v in gedit does not > > work). Character coding is utf-8. > > Either just use "middle click paste" or setup your clipboard manager to > synchronize the clipboard with the primary selection. > > Charles You might want to try the elisp here in your .emacs file: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CopyAndPaste Contrary to what Era Eriksson says, it works for me on Gnome/Linux. Rupert