RE: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard

["Bourgneuf Francois" <francois.bourgneuf@groupe-mma.fr>]

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> r@gnu.org] De la part de Teemu Likonen
> Envoyé : lundi 15 décembre 2008 09:04
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> Objet : Re: Copy from emacs to Ubuntu clipboard
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> 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)

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