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: Copying text from emacs to another application using M-w Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:06:23 +1000 Organization: Rapt Technologies Message-ID: <87iqfe8dkw.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253421789 9886 80.91.229.12 (20 Sep 2009 04:43:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:43:09 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 20 06:43:03 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 1MpEGL-0000qu-SK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:43:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40213 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MpEGL-0000fd-Cd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:43:01 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!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/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nRxRYe/dkQim02WAojeImPDJbzw= Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 00fcdcf7.news.astraweb.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=U=TD7f; @f8d]`e1HJ8=:?`L?0kYOcDh@j; >GTR`=ZX:boWjeWga8cogL?:=ZL5GW@hNniUV 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:68321 Archived-At: Corey Foote writes: > When I copy region of text using M-w I'm able to paste it in Emacs > just fine using C-y. However, when I try to paste it in another > application it doesn't seem to have been copied for use outside of > emacs. For this to work, I need to select the region I wish to copy > and choose copy from the menu. Is there anyway to get it to copy for > use outside emacs by using just M-w and not having to use the menu? > I'm using Emacs 23 on Ubuntu 9.04. Thanks! > How are you pasting into the other application? Are you using the middle mouse button? I follow the following process and it all works fine. 1. mark the region 2. cut/copy the region with C-w or M-w 3. Go tot he app I want to paste to 4. Put the cursor where I want to paste and hit the middle mouse button note that I'm not using CUA mode - not sure if that has any impact. Tim > -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au