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: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:38:49 +0100 Message-ID: <87sgbbj7pi.fsf@yandex.com> References: <87r1qw5rpx.fsf@buccianti.dev> <86lfh3rx8k.fsf@x201.butler.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27051"; 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:QGvaeOE6tM6sFVXUgfiL71ru3Oc= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 21 20:39:27 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 1kKQik-0006vT-E4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 20:39:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49008 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kKQij-00057Q-GN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:39:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59290) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kKQiM-00057I-VG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214]:55946 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 1kKQiL-0007Lm-2G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kKQiE-0006Gw-JX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 20:38:54 +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 = 2020/09/21 14:38:54 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:124130 Archived-At: >>>>> Leo Butler writes: > Benjamín Buccianti writes: >> ******************************************************** Caution: >> This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. >> ******************************************************** >> >> kevin shell writes: >> >>> Hello emacs users. I use gnome-terminal to start emacs with >>> "emacs -nw", when I try to paste texts into emacs buffer, the >>> echo area outputs "Beginning of buffer", nothing pasting into >>> emacs. How can I paste texts into emacs? >> >> Are you pressing Ctrl-v ? >> >> I think the correct keybinding would be Ctrl-y (from yank). >> >> Hope it helps! > The OP is using emacs inside gnome-terminal. I would recommend > using emacs to run your shell sessions in, and dispense with > gnome-terminal. > M-x shell > or > M-x term 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 Best wishes, Colin Baxter.