From: "roodwriter@core.com" <roodwriter@core.com>
Subject: Re: copy/paste with other programs
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:33:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vqfvloarmts980@corp.supernews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pan.2003.11.04.15.16.11.632606@dahlhoff.biz
Oliver Sturm wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> I'm probably being stupid :-) Still, here's my problem: I'm using Emacs
> 21.3.2 on Linux and I find myself unable to use the copying/pasting
> features with other apps. Specifically, it doesn't seem to be possible to
> paste anything copied from Evolution into an Emacs window and vice
> versa... but many other apps don't work, either. It doesn't seem to make
> any difference whether I just use the X clipboard or the Emacs yank
> command or whatever... just doesn't work. Why's that?
>
>
> Oliver Sturm
I've never been totally clear on this, but there is a setting in the
"killing" group in the customization buffers called "X Select Enable
Clipboard." I think, but I'm not sure, that this is the setting that does
this.
Feel free to correct me anyone.
--Rod
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-04 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-04 15:16 copy/paste with other programs Oliver Sturm
2003-11-04 19:33 ` roodwriter [this message]
2003-11-04 20:02 ` Oliver Sturm
2003-11-05 9:34 ` Oliver Sturm
2003-11-04 22:18 ` Dan Anderson
2003-11-05 17:56 ` Eric Marsden
2003-11-06 9:10 ` Oliver Sturm
2003-11-06 17:23 ` Eric Marsden
2003-11-07 9:05 ` Oliver Sturm
2003-11-08 19:22 ` Ian Zimmerman
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