From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: w32-get-clipboard-data Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:12:17 +0300 Message-ID: <83y4gm8s5q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0f6a0212-3e01-4a6d-8b6d-6361621f4dc1@googlegroups.com> <0de2f21d-dd37-4ab1-bf0b-e0f04f18493e@googlegroups.com> <1004c605-9e28-4655-b69d-960c7e24c5a2@googlegroups.com> <64444059-e105-4eaa-a788-1df9ac7b12d2@googlegroups.com> <124ee432-f8c1-41fa-9a2b-e5eb4edb78c9@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441357968 29687 80.91.229.3 (4 Sep 2015 09:12:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:12:48 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 04 11:12:40 2015 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 1ZXn30-0004o6-6N for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:12:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57260 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn2z-0002EL-LU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:12:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51312) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn2i-0002Ab-Lx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:12:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn2d-0002xd-Kj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:12:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:43239) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn2d-0002xJ-Da for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:12:15 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NU500300AGOZQ00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:12:14 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NU5003ORAWDVY90@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:12:14 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <124ee432-f8c1-41fa-9a2b-e5eb4edb78c9@googlegroups.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.169 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:107024 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 01:58:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: Stephen Coda > > On Thursday, 3 September 2015 15:38:38 UTC+1, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 02:07:39 -0700 (PDT) > > > From: Stephen Coda > > > > > > It also looks as if I can paste when Chrome is not open. > > > > I think that's the reason for the problem, right there. I'm guessing > > Chrome has some paste-blocking feature or some clipboard-related > > feature which you need to customize or even turn off. (Sorry, I don't > > use Chrome, so I cannot give you more details.) > > It required adding emacs.exe to a list of things that were allowed to use the clipboard while chrome was open. Since chrome is a connection to the internet and cutting and pasting from that place constitutes a potential security risk. I think that's the reason, our sys admin sorted the setting for me. Thanks for letting us know. Is it possible for you to tell more details about how to add Emacs to that list? I'd like to put the problem and the solution into Emacs's PROBLEMS file.