From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rupert Swarbrick Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: first copy & paste not working Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 15:27:16 +0100 Organization: albasani.net Message-ID: References: <87ej8lzdwv.fsf@DEBLAP1.BeNet> <874p9g5yut.fsf@DEBLAP1.BeNet> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209998461 23123 80.91.229.12 (5 May 2008 14:41:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 14:41:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 05 16:41:37 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jt1sY-0000Pb-7T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 May 2008 16:41:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40093 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jt1rq-0001xg-A9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 May 2008 10:40:38 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net ZYNs2wJPxs1kB93AntOtLbSBWN+6mQCg1LEyL7sGhy4ADW18a/rLtJolamfegYslI2+Xr8bqOb1sNosHOOGxVxdMYzwLzAME/SjnireJe/Z3YHIWNvWAoP5vdDnvfMT3 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 14:27:16 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: 7LTwB+A/eShfWZ3AgyxvTw7e/b1UedGZKcye6GI+pl0= Cancel-Lock: sha1:q5eKoaqFwikapJ7gjYxpXLRAJdY= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: iBL9S5AlqgHGhe7f9Jlu3xxTmc8ouxnEKnRyUWuqd7Y= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:158407 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:53775 Archived-At: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes: > Joe Bloggs writes: > >> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes: >> >>> Joe Bloggs writes: >>> >>>> I can only yank my emacs text if I repeat the emacs cut/copy, >>>> othewise it just keeps yanking the external text. Can anyone help? >>> Hi Joe, good to see you again. >>> Which Emacs version and operating system are you using (specifically >>> which Unix?)? >> >> Emacs 21.4a on Debian etch, which is the latest version in the etch >> repository. > > A friend of mine advised me, after I found the latest Emacs in Debian > was 21.4, that adding the unstable repositories, and/or Ubuntu > repositories is a must for using up-to-date software on Debian. Any > Debian users like to comment? > Hmm, well I use it on my laptop because it's fun playing with the new versions. However, something breaks horribly about once every three or four months, so I recommend building from source. Rupert