From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to copy and paste from unity to emacs in the terminal version ? Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:17:29 -0600 Message-ID: <20140818175737000013887@bob.proulx.com> References: <8af43eeb-8822-4b82-88f3-a31c29276bcf@googlegroups.com> <7zmwb4vggo.fsf@example.com> <8de23d3b-1f0d-4fc4-b205-ab72946ab276@googlegroups.com> <7zy4ulojs7.fsf@example.com> <20140818115001173959941@bob.proulx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408407481 3016 80.91.229.3 (19 Aug 2014 00:18:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:18:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 19 02:17:55 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XJX7a-0001r0-1l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 02:17:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46866 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJX7Z-00070w-KS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:17:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34993) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJX7J-00070g-6T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:17:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJX7C-0002O0-Tp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:17:37 -0400 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:55663) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJX7C-0002Nl-Mt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:17:30 -0400 Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5DE021232 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:17:29 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ACE832DC38; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:17:29 -0600 (MDT) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99286 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > The traditional X controls are to highlight using the left mouse > > button. Then paste using the middle mouse button. Shift-Insert is > > also available as a paste control. > > Indeed, this is the traditional bindings to control the PRIMARY selection. > > > Unfortunately (for me anyway) the Microsoft C-c, C-x, C-v controls are > > permeating and the traditional methods are becoming broken. Therefore > > your experience may be different depending upon configuration. > > I haven't seen much real breakage in that area. But these key bindings > typically control the CLIPBOARD selection instead, so if you're not > aware of the distinction between PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD selection > (and/or if you don't know or aren't sure which is used by your program > and/or by the key sequence you used), then indeed, sometimes it looks > like it's just broken. I am familiar with the differences between the primary selection and the clipboard. However the resulting behavior of cutting text and pasting text shouldn't matter whether you are using one or the other. Except that it does. In the end anything that prevents being able to highlight text with a click and drag of the left mouse button and then being able to paste that text with the middle button appears as breakage whether it is actually the clipboard or the primary selection executing the details. Bob