From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using the clipboard in development version of Emacs Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:06:14 +1000 Organization: Unlimited download news at news.astraweb.com Message-ID: <87iq2htdih.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> References: <87zkvtwhhe.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291867253 2712 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2010 04:00:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 04:00:53 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 09 05:00:46 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQXgP-0000OA-VX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:00:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45926 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQXgP-00041B-Es for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:00:41 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!news.alt.net!news.astraweb.com!border1.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BD/cgdIagyptJl7N1EIt2LCNNf4= Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 376ac9d8.news.astraweb.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=7f1Q1APEWm[?W?WaAAd6NId3QAYOABg_?bWT Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:181198 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:76601 Archived-At: Dan Davison writes: > Dan Davison writes: > >> I'm using Emacs compiled from recent source, under Linux. There have >> been changes to the way Emacs interacts with the clipboard: e.g., if >> text is selected in an X application, `yank' no longer pastes it into an >> Emacs buffer; similarly `kill-region' no longer stores the text in a way >> that middle-click will paste it into an X application. >> >> Can anyone tell me how to get the behaviour I'm looking for (implied >> above), or point me to the relevant discussion? > > Hmm, sorry, I should have done more googling first. I am getting the > impression that this is work-in-progress, rather than a stable > change. So I think my question was not appropriate for this (or perhaps > any) list. > Yes, it is work in progress. The issue seems to be the desire to get consistent behavior between emacs run under X and Windows and get consistency between emacs running under X and other X applications. When encountering issues with the development version of emacs, it is important to check the NEWS and PROBLEMS files. This will often save you time. The current NEWS file for emacs 24 has some details regarding changes in default settings for selection etc. You can probably restore the behavior you are use to by setting these back (though as it is work in progress, there could be other issues). Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au