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: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:47:52 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87ws3olaif.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87iqfe8dkw.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87ab0o91bp.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87y6o66p7y.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253800155 27274 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2009 13:49:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:49:15 +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 Sep 24 15:49:08 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 1Mqoh2-0001le-6P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53876 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqoh1-00072G-Pp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:49:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MqogN-0006rl-Pp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:48:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MqogJ-0006mf-6L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:48:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55880 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MqogI-0006mY-Rn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:48:22 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:35467) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MqogI-0006lg-95 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:48:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MqogF-0001VT-TT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:48:19 +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 ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:48:19 +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 ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:48:19 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 51 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:LnTgKl3vTr+urQb5+YCif6NTP2c= 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:68444 Archived-At: Tim X writes: [...] > Hi Harry, > > when I read your post of how your working, I thought maybe there are > some 'different' key bindings in the mini-buffer. I sometimes get bitten > in a similar way when using i-search and you want to paste in something > you have highlihgted as the search string - I then realised I needed to > use M-y rather than C-y in that situation. > > So, I tried your exact scenario. I am sorry to report that I could not > reproduce your problem. It worked perfectly for me each time, regardless [...] Thanks for taking time to test and report the details. > Are you using anything like ido, icycles etc? I'm stock standard out of > the box with none of the 'advanced' enhancements to the mini-buffer. I'm > also using a real three button mouse, not one with 2 buttons set to > emulate a 3 button one. I also cut from an xterm rather than some other > terminal emulator, like gnomre-terminal (I'm not saying this means > anything, just trying to eliminate possible differences between our > setup). I'm also running a recent CVS build (about 5 days old) of emacs > 23. I do not have any settings in my .emacs relating to clipboard or > anything else - all at default values. I am running emacspeak and it is > possible it has modified something I'm not aware of. Ditto to all of the above, except `emacsspeak', including copying from genuine xterm of Thomas Dickie fame, not one of the pretenders to the throne and using an actual 3 button mouse. Oddly, I am not always able to reproduce the problem either. Which probably means there is something else involved the times I see the problem. Something I haven't really noticed yet so did not include in my complaint. Possibly some shortcoming due to wear on the mouse itself? Its a razor prosolutions pro V 1.6 ( I got it for exacting work in Photoshop but it kind of took over all mouse duties) But for that matter... it if never occurs again from here on I'll be a happy camper. But I think not... since it has recurred enough to prompt me to complain here about it. Being more conscious of the problem and looking for it to recur... I haven't got lucky (unlucky) yet... That is, I haven't been able to reproduce it in several tries now.