From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Copying text from emacs to another application using M-w Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:43:43 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <874oquo2pc.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87iqfe8dkw.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87ab0o91bp.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87ws3qorf8.fsf@newsguy.com> <87d45io2xv.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253670341 14029 80.91.229.12 (23 Sep 2009 01:45:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:45:41 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 23 03:45:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MqGvF-0005dA-Ke for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:45:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37965 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MqGvF-0001P9-1j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:45:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MqGut-0001Ou-Lt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MqGuo-0001Ob-3g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:45:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41619 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MqGun-0001OW-UL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:45:05 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:36594) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MqGun-0003ZU-84 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:45:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MqGuk-0005Us-Nc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:45:02 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:45:02 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:45:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cyty49yvSXgQkS6cHOJBjxXLLrY= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:68402 Archived-At: Harry Putnam writes: > Allan Gottlieb writes: > >>> By the way, there should be no difference whether I use C-y or middle >>> click. So that is not the problem. >> >> I though on xterm you don't select simply by highlighting with the >> mouse. After it is highlighted, in xterm try right mouse click and >> chose copy. > > Far as I know right mouse is used to extend a selection. I have no > context menu under linux with right click. > > For it has always worked like this: ^ me