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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
Cc: kelly@prtime.org, 19471@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19471: Emacs can't copy text
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:46:24 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lh1hpikf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a8hydqpu.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (npostavs@users.sourceforge.net)

> From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
> Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2016 23:31:09 -0400
> Cc: 19471@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Perhaps we could add some feature to be able to copy the displayed
> string instead of the underlying text.

Indeed, this would be useful, IMO.  The tricky part is to figure out
what is actually displayed, when there are several overlays at point.

Volunteers are welcome.





      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-07-04 14:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-30  9:53 bug#19471: Emacs can't copy text Kelly Dean
2016-07-04  3:31 ` npostavs
2016-07-04  9:03   ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-04  9:21     ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-04 15:00       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-04 14:46   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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