From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs, umlauts, x-windows text mark and paste Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:24:27 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <2719-Wed17Dec2003202426+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071685785 21168 80.91.224.253 (17 Dec 2003 18:29:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:29:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 17 19:29:40 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 1AWgQV-0007gW-00 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:29:40 +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 1AWhNg-0004Pj-GS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:30:48 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AWhL4-0003Mj-E6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:28:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AWhKW-0003B1-KF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:28:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.18] (helo=bilbo.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AWhKV-0003A4-R0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:27:32 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski ([80.230.152.133]) by bilbo.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.8-GR) with ESMTP id CBQ78329; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:26:00 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: (message from erasurehead on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:54:40 +0100) 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:15383 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15383 > From: erasurehead > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:54:40 +0100 > > I get this in emacs: > > Minuten k\x{00F6}cheln lassen. Diese So\x{00DF}e sollte weder zu dick > noch zu d\x{00FC}nn sein > > and the control sequences aren't one character, they are in the buffer > as literal (e.g.) "\x{00F6}" consisting of the 8 ascii characters you see. It begins to sound as if gtk2/pango actually converts the text like that when it puts it into the selection buffer. Perhaps you should post a question to some forum related to gtk2 development, or google for similar issues.