Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Barrie Hiern]

How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???

TIA,
Barrie

Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 14.12.2008 um 18:07 schrieb Barrie Hiern:

> How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???


First press the Copy key, then, on the target, press the Paste key.

Or do you have another OS?

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   Pete

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Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Barrie Hiern]

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:07:48 +0000, Barrie Hiern wrote:

> How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???
> 
> TIA,
> Barrie

[SOLVED] 

Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Torben Knudsen]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

Peter> Am 14.12.2008 um 18:07 schrieb Barrie Hiern:

>> How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???


Peter> First press the Copy key, then, on the target, press the Paste
Peter> key.

What is the "Copy key"?  I guess the paste key (outside emacs) is C-v.

I haave used some binding myself which some times get over writen
which is a little anoining.  How do I avoid that?

In my .emacs I have

(global-set-key "\C-c\M-w" 'clipboard-kill-ring-save)
(global-set-key "\C-c\C-y" 'clipboard-yank)

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Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Teemu Likonen]

Torben Knudsen (2008-12-15 08:47 +0100) wrote:

>>> How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???

> What is the "Copy key"? I guess the paste key (outside emacs) is C-v.
>
> I haave used some binding myself which some times get over writen
> which is a little anoining. How do I avoid that?

I don't know if this is relevant but I have set the variable
x-select-enable-clipboard to non-nil and I have always copy-pasted
normally between Emacs and the rest of my KDE system.

    M-x customize-option RET x-select-enable-clipboard RET

Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.12.2008 um 08:47 schrieb Torben Knudsen:

> What is the "Copy key"?


Look on elder Sun keyboards, Type 3 and Type 4! On the left side were  
extra-keys titled Copy and Paste.

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   Pete

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Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Jason Rumney]

On Dec 15, 6:04 pm, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:

> Look on elder Sun keyboards, Type 3 and Type 4! On the left side were  
> extra-keys titled Copy and Paste.

Past tense? You mean Sun stopped making keyboards with the extra
function keys down the left hand side? The last one I saw was a USB
keyboard, so I assumed they were here to stay.

Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.12.2008 um 14:55 schrieb Jason Rumney:

>> Look on elder Sun keyboards, Type 3 and Type 4! On the left side were
>> extra-keys titled Copy and Paste.
>
> Past tense? You mean Sun stopped making keyboards with the extra
> function keys down the left hand side? The last one I saw was a USB
> keyboard, so I assumed they were here to stay.


OK, Sun Type 5 keyboards had still the left extra columns, and were  
still not USB (Mini-DIN connector, like PS/2 mice and other  
keyboards). I did not like them because of their design, piece taken  
from a cylinder, by which the function keys were very high and showed  
kind of a steep rise. And the mouse still was connected to the  
keyboard. So only one cable stuck in the Sun. I think the Type 5c  
keyboard had an improved usability.

The Type 6 keyboard was more useful then the Type 5. It definitely  
had a mechanical mouse. Again the mouse was connected to the  
keyboard, which had a Mini-DIN connector. This keyboard has some  
extra "multi-media" keys in continuation of the usual function keys  
row. It was later converted to become an USB keyboard – if it hasn't  
been this from the start! For PC keyboards adapters existed from Mini- 
DIN to USB, so presumingly all keyboards manufactured during the last  
five or six years are USB under the hood. I wonder whether such an  
USB keyboard also stops the Sun when being detached ... (Mini-DIN  
connectors can toggle miniature switches built into the receptacle.)

The recent Type 7 keyboard I only know from having it seen once or  
twice. It has a more PC keyboard like look, I don't remember whether  
it has the two separated extra columns on the left. I do remember a  
particular key by which the Sun can be put to sleep. And make it  
awake, too.


I'm a bit biased to the Type 4 keyboards. They worked better!

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   Pete

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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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RE: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Bourgneuf Francois]

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> r@gnu.org] De la part de Teemu Likonen
> Envoyé : lundi 15 décembre 2008 09:04
> À : help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Objet : Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard
> 
> Torben Knudsen (2008-12-15 08:47 +0100) wrote:
> 
> >>> How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???
> 
> > What is the "Copy key"? I guess the paste key (outside 
> emacs) is C-v.
> >
> > I haave used some binding myself which some times get over writen
> > which is a little anoining. How do I avoid that?
> 
> I don't know if this is relevant but I have set the variable
> x-select-enable-clipboard to non-nil and I have always copy-pasted
> normally between Emacs and the rest of my KDE system.
> 
>     M-x customize-option RET x-select-enable-clipboard RET
> 
> 

On Linux, Emacs doesn't interact with the clipboard.
Just add these lines to your .emacs

;; make emacs use the clipboard
(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)
(setq interprogram-paste-function 'x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value)

Bour9

Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[excord80]

On Dec 14, 1:07 pm, Barrie Hiern <dpyqg...@trashmail.net> wrote:
> How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???
>

I select the text in Emacs in the usual way (C-Space then move the
point), then resort to the mouse and use the "Edit --> Copy" menu
item.

Then in some desktop GUI app hit "Ctrl-V" to paste.

Have yet to try Bour9's solution though.

Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[Torben Knudsen]

>>>>> "Bourgneuf" == Bourgneuf Francois
>>>>> <francois.bourgneuf@groupe-mma.fr> writes:

Bourgneuf> On Linux, Emacs doesn't interact with the clipboard.  Just
Bourgneuf> add these lines to your .emacs

Bourgneuf> ;; make emacs use the clipboard (setq
Bourgneuf> x-select-enable-clipboard t) (setq
Bourgneuf> interprogram-paste-function
Bourgneuf> 'x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value)

Bourgneuf> Bour9

I have used the separate functions for this now with the key binding

(global-set-key "\C-cw" 'clipboard-kill-ring-save)
(global-set-key "\C-cy" 'clipboard-yank)

if I use 

;; make emacs use the clipboard
(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)
(setq interprogram-paste-function 'x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value)

then I guess the clipboard functions are not needed?

Are there any disadvantages with the x-select-enable-clipboard t
solution?

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of Automation and Control, Direct : 6 8694 Department of Electronic
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DK-9220 Aalborg Ø Denmark

Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[excord80]

On Dec 15, 10:15 pm, excord80 <excor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 14, 1:07 pm, Barrie Hiern <dpyqg...@trashmail.net> wrote:
>
> > How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???
>
> I select the text in Emacs in the usual way (C-Space then move the
> point), then resort to the mouse and use the "Edit --> Copy" menu
> item.
>

Just noticed that tapping the F10 key will open the File menu, and
then the arrow keys and RET will get you that menu item as well.

Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

[dIbMx2]

excord80 <excord80@gmail.com> writes:

> On Dec 15, 10:15 pm, excord80 <excor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 14, 1:07 pm, Barrie Hiern <dpyqg...@trashmail.net> wrote:
>>
>> > How to copy from emacs to OS clipboard???
>>
>> I select the text in Emacs in the usual way (C-Space then move the
>> point), then resort to the mouse and use the "Edit --> Copy" menu
>> item.
>>
>
> Just noticed that tapping the F10 key will open the File menu, and
> then the arrow keys and RET will get you that menu item as well.

(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)