From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: copy/paste & Emacs on XWindows Date: 19 Mar 2003 20:41:03 +1100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87adfriths.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048066397 7850 80.91.224.249 (19 Mar 2003 09:33:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:33:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 19 10:33:16 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18vZwi-00022U-00 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:33:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18vZuJ-0007MY-09 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 04:30:47 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1344.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1048066062 ppp1344.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net (19 Mar 2003 19:57:42 +1050) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!uwm.edu!newsengine.sol.net!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.ade.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111205 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7705 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7705 >>>>> "Roman" == Roman A Lagunov writes: >>>>> "PL" ==> Peter Lee writes: PL> Is there something special you have to do to get copy/paste PL> working between emacs and other apps on xwindows ? PL> If I M-w some text in emacs it doesn't appear to store it in the PL> "clipboard" (whatever the xwindows equivalent of that is). Roman> You can try to do it with mouse - just drag around block of Roman> text you want to yank. Roman> Then, in xterm for exapmle, just click middle button. Roman> That's a trick. It's works perfectly for me. I mark the region with C-space at the beginning, move point to the end and then M-w, move to another window with some other X app, hit the middle button on my mouse and there it is. So, it should work. Maybe something is funny with your config? Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!