From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: PG Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: cannot copy clipboard to other applications Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:21:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8041639.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <458E7119.8080401@univ-fcomte.fr> <877iwhpi3r.fsf@MagnumOpus.khem> <1166966322.858386.268000@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166973737 26359 80.91.229.10 (24 Dec 2006 15:22:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:22:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 24 16:22:16 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GyVAy-0002ME-7t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:22:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GyVAx-0004RF-BB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:22:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GyVAe-0004PN-Pn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:21:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GyVAd-0004Nv-Lv for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:21:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GyVAd-0004Nf-GG for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:21:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [72.21.53.35] (helo=talk.nabble.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GyVAd-0002Zt-5o for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:21:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [72.21.53.38] (helo=jubjub.nabble.com) by talk.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GyVAc-0003ju-Dm for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:21:50 -0800 Original-To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <1166966322.858386.268000@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> X-Nabble-From: pgiraudo@univ-fcomte.fr 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:39897 Archived-At: Yes indeed, (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t) makes the trick perfectly (I have even just copied the command above from my .emacs file....) The middle button solution cannot be used here: I am working on a laptop with a touchpad and just 2 buttons. Thanks to everybody, Patrick Rupert-13 wrote: > > > Charles philip Chan wrote: >> On 24 Dec 2006, patrick.giraudoux@univ-fcomte.fr wrote: >> >> > Strangely, I can copy clipboard from other applications to emacs (eg >> > with gedit C-c and then C-y into emacs) but NOT from emacs to other >> > applications (eg M-w in emacs and then C-v in gedit does not >> > work). Character coding is utf-8. >> >> Either just use "middle click paste" or setup your clipboard manager to >> synchronize the clipboard with the primary selection. >> >> Charles > > You might want to try the elisp here in your .emacs file: > > http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CopyAndPaste > > Contrary to what Era Eriksson says, it works for me on Gnome/Linux. > > Rupert > > _______________________________________________ > help-gnu-emacs mailing list > help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/cannot-copy-clipboard-to-other-applications-tf2876943.html#a8041639 Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.