From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Colin Baxter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Pasting texts into terminal emacs buffer Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:21:19 +0100 Message-ID: <87o8lyjpr4.fsf@yandex.com> References: <87r1qw5rpx.fsf@buccianti.dev> <86lfh3rx8k.fsf@x201.butler.org> <87sgbbj7pi.fsf@yandex.com> <87o8lyogok.fsf@ebih.ebihd> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40921"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:TEmOhgckEJE6haUSwLCwTj4TsoY= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 22 08:22:08 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kKbgm-000AX8-GO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:22:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47998 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kKbgl-00030T-J4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:22:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52234) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kKbgA-00030K-Bq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:21:30 -0400 Original-Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214]:36764 helo=ciao.gmane.io) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kKbg8-0008Q4-PX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:21:30 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kKbg5-0009iN-QJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:21:25 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Face: BHjiJOg/Qmj'BQgsAKL@])L)e62P)C"Y=6T Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAGQAAAAeBAMAAAAodabAAAAAB3RJTUUH1wQdAAY04/L8hgAA AAlwSFlzAAAewQAAHsEBw2lUUwAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAASUExURc7OzpwAAAAAAP////8A AGNj/2aqqTQAAAA8SURBVHjaYzA2NnEBAmdj01D8wNgYpM7F2JiBgYFREAgEGJiU8AMGBpA6QaCG UVtGbRm1ZdSWUVsGjS0Aq20lJnMawnkAAAAASUVORK5CYII= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/22 02:21:25 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -13 X-Spam_score: -1.4 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.248, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:124132 Archived-At: >>>>> Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor writes: > Colin Baxter wrote: >> There has to be something amiss in the OP's setup. I use emacs >> in a terminal (xterm) all the time and experience no "copy/paste" >> issues. One thing I had to do though was to fix the 'Alt' key by >> putting `XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true' in my ~/.Xdefaults > Right, I also have that! [1] > xterm*metaSendsEscape: true > But I don't remember why I set that, I never copy and paste in > xterm so it must be some other reason to do it as well. Yes, I think that's correct. And I too can't remember now the reasons for the setting. Best wishes,