From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Copying text from emacs to another application using M-w Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:38:36 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87d45io2xv.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87iqfe8dkw.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87ab0o91bp.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87ws3qorf8.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253669979 13373 80.91.229.12 (23 Sep 2009 01:39:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:39:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 23 03:39:32 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MqGpO-0004MP-LO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:39:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41805 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MqGpO-00082t-19 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:39:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MqGp0-00080M-OE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MqGov-0007zG-JP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:39:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58123 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MqGov-0007zD-EH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:39:01 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:33837) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MqGov-0000DE-21 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:39:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MqGor-0004GK-Tu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:38:57 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:38:57 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:38:57 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:yWHIveJSclcZCJUDE9kh2y180WA= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:68401 Archived-At: Allan Gottlieb writes: >> By the way, there should be no difference whether I use C-y or middle >> click. So that is not the problem. > > I though on xterm you don't select simply by highlighting with the > mouse. After it is highlighted, in xterm try right mouse click and > chose copy. Far as I know right mouse is used to extend a selection. I have no context menu under linux with right click. For it has always worked like this: Start a highlight at line 800 in scrollback buffer hit down arrow which brings you back to command prompt the press right mouse to select from line 800 to cmd prompt. That is it extends the selection. There is no `copy' option at all. Do you have other behavior?