* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
@ 2021-04-07 17:51 Jean Louis
2021-04-07 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-07 19:58 ` Juri Linkov
0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Jean Louis @ 2021-04-07 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 47642
I never had this error. It now happens in the longer running instance,
it started suddenly. I don;t remember using any chars outside of
ASCII. It is invoked when I pres C-k or C-y -- it started mysteriously
and then after a while it stopped.
I cannot replicate it in 'emacs -Q'.
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
x-get-selection-internal(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING nil nil)
#f(compiled-function (selection-symbol target-type &optional time-stamp terminal) #<bytecode -0x8b1a39ee5967b2d>)(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING)
apply(#f(compiled-function (selection-symbol target-type &optional time-stamp terminal) #<bytecode -0x8b1a39ee5967b2d>) (CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING))
gui-backend-get-selection(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING)
gui-get-selection(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING)
gui--selection-value-internal(CLIPBOARD)
gui-selection-value()
kill-new("0786111111 contact-JIJI ")
kill-region(12 36)
kill-line(nil)
funcall-interactively(kill-line nil)
call-interactively(kill-line nil nil)
command-execute(kill-line)
read-string("Last name: " "0786111111 contact-JIJI " nil nil)
(if area (read-from-buffer value (format "%s ID %s" column id) mode) (read-string comment value nil nil))
(cond ((member column columns-to-choose-contact) (let* ((query (read-from-minibuffer "Find person: ")) (id (string-to-number (cf-search-id query)))) id)) ((and foreign-key (string= type "integer")) (if (member foreign-table foreign-tables-to-ignore) (read-number comment value) (rcd-db-combo-selection foreign-table))) ((string= type "integer") (read-number comment value)) ((string-match "numeric" type) (read-number comment value)) ((string= type "text") (if area (read-from-buffer value (format "%s ID %s" column id) mode) (read-string comment value nil nil))) ((string= type "date") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string-match "varying" type) (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string-match "array" type) (read-string comment (if value value "{}") nil value)) ((string= type "timestamp without time zone") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string= type "timestamp with time zone") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string= type "boolean") (read-boolean comment value)))
(let ((new-value (cond ((member column columns-to-choose-contact) (let* ((query ...) (id ...)) id)) ((and foreign-key (string= type "integer")) (if (member foreign-table foreign-tables-to-ignore) (read-number comment value) (rcd-db-combo-selection foreign-table))) ((string= type "integer") (read-number comment value)) ((string-match "numeric" type) (read-number comment value)) ((string= type "text") (if area (read-from-buffer value (format "%s ID %s" column id) mode) (read-string comment value nil nil))) ((string= type "date") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string-match "varying" type) (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string-match "array" type) (read-string comment (if value value "{}") nil value)) ((string= type "timestamp without time zone") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string= type "timestamp with time zone") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string= type "boolean") (read-boolean comment value))))) (rcd-db-update-entry table column id new-value *cf*))
(let* ((type (rcd-db-column-type table column *cf*)) (comment (rcd-db-column-comment table column *cf*)) (foreign (rcd-db-foreign-table-column table column *cf*)) (value (rcd-db-get-entry table column id *cf*)) (size (if (eq (type-of value) 'string) (length value) nil)) (foreign-key (if foreign t nil)) (foreign-table (or (car foreign) nil)) (area (or (rcd/column-area-p table column *cf*) (and size (> size 80)))) (comment (append-colon-space comment))) (let ((new-value (cond ((member column columns-to-choose-contact) (let* (... ...) id)) ((and foreign-key (string= type "integer")) (if (member foreign-table foreign-tables-to-ignore) (read-number comment value) (rcd-db-combo-selection foreign-table))) ((string= type "integer") (read-number comment value)) ((string-match "numeric" type) (read-number comment value)) ((string= type "text") (if area (read-from-buffer value ... mode) (read-string comment value nil nil))) ((string= type "date") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string-match "varying" type) (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string-match "array" type) (read-string comment (if value value "{}") nil value)) ((string= type "timestamp without time zone") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string= type "timestamp with time zone") (read-string comment value nil value)) ((string= type "boolean") (read-boolean comment value))))) (rcd-db-update-entry table column id new-value *cf*)))
rcd/edit-entry("people" "people_lastname" 359712)
(let* ((id (tabulated-list-get-id)) (id (split-string id ":")) (table (car id)) (column (car (cdr id))) (id (car (cdr (cdr id)))) (id (string-to-number id)) (point (point))) (rcd/edit-entry table column id) (kill-this-buffer) (rcd-db-tabulated-table-edit table id) (goto-char point))
rcd-db-tabulated-edit-value()
funcall-interactively(rcd-db-tabulated-edit-value)
call-interactively(rcd-db-tabulated-edit-value nil nil)
command-execute(rcd-db-tabulated-edit-value)
In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 4, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo version 1.17.4, Xaw3d scroll bars)
of 2021-04-05 built on protected.rcdrun.com
Repository revision: a44d423a5aaf97790ce95350a38590fbb17b3220
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12010000
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Memory information:
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--
Thanks,
Jean Louis
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* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
2021-04-07 17:51 bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING) Jean Louis
@ 2021-04-07 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-13 5:37 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-07 19:58 ` Juri Linkov
1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-04-07 19:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jean Louis; +Cc: 47642
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:51:05 +0300
>
>
> I never had this error. It now happens in the longer running instance,
> it started suddenly. I don;t remember using any chars outside of
> ASCII. It is invoked when I pres C-k or C-y -- it started mysteriously
> and then after a while it stopped.
>
> I cannot replicate it in 'emacs -Q'.
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
Why do you think it's an Emacs problem? The error message points to
an external program, which owns the selection.
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* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
2021-04-07 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-04-13 5:37 ` Jean Louis
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Jean Louis @ 2021-04-13 5:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 47642
* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2021-04-07 23:03]:
> > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:51:05 +0300
> >
> >
> > I never had this error. It now happens in the longer running instance,
> > it started suddenly. I don;t remember using any chars outside of
> > ASCII. It is invoked when I pres C-k or C-y -- it started mysteriously
> > and then after a while it stopped.
> >
> > I cannot replicate it in 'emacs -Q'.
> >
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
>
> Why do you think it's an Emacs problem? The error message points to
> an external program, which owns the selection.
I get it, this is clear and may be closed.
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* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
2021-04-07 17:51 bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING) Jean Louis
2021-04-07 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-04-07 19:58 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-12 10:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Juri Linkov @ 2021-04-07 19:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jean Louis; +Cc: 47642
> I cannot replicate it in 'emacs -Q'.
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
> x-get-selection-internal(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING nil nil)
I can replicate exactly the same error:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
x-get-selection-internal(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING nil nil)
#f(compiled-function (selection-symbol target-type &optional time-stamp terminal) ...)
apply(#f(compiled-function (selection-symbol target-type &optional time-stamp terminal) ...)
gui-backend-get-selection(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING)
gui-get-selection(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING)
gui--selection-value-internal(CLIPBOARD)
after copying an image in Gimp, then exiting Gimp, and trying to paste in Emacs.
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* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
2021-04-07 19:58 ` Juri Linkov
@ 2021-04-12 10:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-04-12 16:03 ` Juri Linkov
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-04-12 10:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juri Linkov; +Cc: Jean Louis, 47642
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
> after copying an image in Gimp, then exiting Gimp, and trying to paste
> in Emacs.
I was unable to reproduce that (on Debian/bullseye) -- I just get nil
back from
(x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'UTF8_STRING nil nil)
no matter whether Gimp is running or not (after choosing Edit -> Copy).
In any case -- I'm not sure there's anything we can do on the Emacs
side... except perhaps change the error message? "Couldn't convert"
isn't really informative. "Couldn't get selection from selection
owner", perhaps?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
2021-04-12 10:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-04-12 16:03 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-13 7:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Juri Linkov @ 2021-04-12 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: Jean Louis, 47642
>> after copying an image in Gimp, then exiting Gimp, and trying to paste
>> in Emacs.
>
> I was unable to reproduce that (on Debian/bullseye) -- I just get nil
> back from
>
> (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'UTF8_STRING nil nil)
>
> no matter whether Gimp is running or not (after choosing Edit -> Copy).
Here is a complete test case with 100% reproducibility:
1. In GIMP 2.10.18 on Ubuntu create a new image
2. Select a rectangle
3. Copy with Ctrl+C or Edit -> Copy
4. in 'emacs -Q' version 28, GTK+ version 3.24.20
5. evaluating (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'UTF8_STRING nil nil)
returns nil
6. quit Gimp
7. evaluate the same (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'UTF8_STRING nil nil)
8. it fails with
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
x-get-selection-internal(CLIPBOARD UTF8_STRING nil nil)
(progn (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'UTF8_STRING nil nil))
eval((progn (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'UTF8_STRING nil nil)) t)
elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)
eval-last-sexp(nil)
funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)
call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil)
command-execute(eval-last-sexp)
This is strange since there is no owner anymore, the selection owner was closed.
It's a big problem for me because I customized
save-interprogram-paste-before-kill to t, and I can't
use copy/paste in Emacs anymore after this error,
because I raises the same error on trying to copy a new text,
so even can't overwrite the old unavailable selection
with a new one in Emacs. Then I need to switch to
some other app, copy some text from it to the clipboard,
that fixes the broken state of copy/paste in Emacs.
> In any case -- I'm not sure there's anything we can do on the Emacs
> side... except perhaps change the error message? "Couldn't convert"
> isn't really informative. "Couldn't get selection from selection
> owner", perhaps?
I wonder why this error should be raised at all
instead of just returning nil?
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* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
2021-04-12 16:03 ` Juri Linkov
@ 2021-04-13 7:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-04-13 16:20 ` Juri Linkov
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-04-13 7:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juri Linkov; +Cc: Jean Louis, 47642
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
> Here is a complete test case with 100% reproducibility:
I tried the recipe with Gimp 2.10.22 on Debian/bullseye, but I just get
nil, so I guess there's some difference in how this is handled...
> I wonder why this error should be raised at all
> instead of just returning nil?
That's a really good point -- this low-level error surely can't be of
interest to the Emacs user. So you're right -- it should just return
nil here.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
2021-04-13 7:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-04-13 16:20 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-14 18:23 ` Juri Linkov
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Juri Linkov @ 2021-04-13 16:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: Jean Louis, 47642
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>> I wonder why this error should be raised at all
>> instead of just returning nil?
>
> That's a really good point -- this low-level error surely can't be of
> interest to the Emacs user. So you're right -- it should just return
> nil here.
Here's the patch that does this:
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diff --git a/src/xselect.c b/src/xselect.c
index 030f624071..cd6d86bdf4 100644
--- a/src/xselect.c
+++ b/src/xselect.c
@@ -1482,14 +1482,21 @@ x_get_window_property_as_lisp_data (struct x_display_info *dpyinfo,
= XGetSelectionOwner (display, selection_atom) != 0;
unblock_input ();
if (there_is_a_selection_owner)
- signal_error ("Selection owner couldn't convert",
- actual_type
- ? list2 (target_type,
- x_atom_to_symbol (dpyinfo, actual_type))
- : target_type);
+ {
+ AUTO_STRING (format, "Selection owner couldn't convert: %s");
+ CALLN (Fmessage, format,
+ actual_type
+ ? list2 (target_type,
+ x_atom_to_symbol (dpyinfo, actual_type))
+ : target_type);
+ return Qnil;
+ }
else
- signal_error ("No selection",
- x_atom_to_symbol (dpyinfo, selection_atom));
+ {
+ AUTO_STRING (format, "No selection: %s");
+ CALLN (Fmessage, format, x_atom_to_symbol (dpyinfo, selection_atom));
+ return Qnil;
+ }
}
if (actual_type == dpyinfo->Xatom_INCR)
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* bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
2021-04-13 16:20 ` Juri Linkov
@ 2021-04-14 18:23 ` Juri Linkov
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Juri Linkov @ 2021-04-14 18:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: Jean Louis, 47642
tags 47642 fixed
close 47642 28.0.50
quit
>>> I wonder why this error should be raised at all
>>> instead of just returning nil?
>>
>> That's a really good point -- this low-level error surely can't be of
>> interest to the Emacs user. So you're right -- it should just return
>> nil here.
>
> Here's the patch that does this:
Pushed now.
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