From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Bloggs Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: first copy & paste not working Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 19:45:30 +0100 Message-ID: <874p9g5yut.fsf@DEBLAP1.BeNet> References: <87ej8lzdwv.fsf@DEBLAP1.BeNet> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209789852 16902 80.91.229.12 (3 May 2008 04:44:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 04:44:12 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 03 06:44:47 2008 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 1Js9c1-0007bq-Qj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2008 06:44:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56144 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Js9bL-00066g-3Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2008 00:43:59 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 13:45:31 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Xv+1w7ymw3uYc2TLeZPEJoGxxi4= Original-Lines: 44 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-X-Trace: sv3-ioSf2droyc5bNwm087T/yk0iyk9VCBBeqbXFI0xDtp6lSjYuG4zks26xLzbymbRLW00axWFuMxo7HEw!NrAqqXK3XwmQCLZfGiTMRO7+JeU+WR7HNUfdkisphlemZ5X1Ba5C Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.38 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:158352 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 03 May 2008 00:42:55 -0400 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:53728 Archived-At: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes: > Joe Bloggs writes: > >> I can only yank my emacs text if I repeat the emacs cut/copy, othewise >> it just keeps yanking the external text. Can anyone help? > > Hi Joe, good to see you again. > > Which Emacs version and operating system are you using (specifically > which Unix?)? Emacs 21.4a on Debian etch, which is the latest version in the etch repository. Couldn't find anything newer in backports, and don't really want to build one myself as it could be more hassle than it's worth. > > I used Emacs 23 from CVS, updated weekly (except this week!), and I have > no problems whatsoever copying between Emacs and xterm or Firefox, with > no tweaking of clipboard variables. Can anyone comment on this? > > Perhaps you should upgrade. > > Thanks, > Joel > > -- > Joel J. Adamson > Biostatistician > Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit > Massachusetts General Hospital > Boston, MA 02114 > (617) 643-1432 > (303) 880-3109 > Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu > http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj > > The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only > for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other > use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this > information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and > properly dispose of this information.