From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "roodwriter@core.com" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: copy/paste with other programs Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:33:46 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: roodwriter@core.com NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067975308 3462 80.91.224.253 (4 Nov 2003 19:48:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 04 20:48:25 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AH7A9-0005AJ-00 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2003 20:48:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AH787-0001VM-Nk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:46:19 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!peernews-us.colt.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 31 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117863 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13801 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13801 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 -- Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answered for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." Both are available at http://www.rodwriterpublishing.com/index.html To reply by e-mail, take the extra "o" out of the name.