From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using the clipboard in development version of Emacs Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:20:15 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87zkvtwhhe.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <87lj7dwfud.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283988696 31200 80.91.229.12 (8 Sep 2010 23:31:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:31:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs mailing list To: Dan Davison Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 09 01:31:33 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 1OtU71-00009w-FE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:31:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50707 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OtU6z-000630-64 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:31:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36569 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OtU5O-0005Hn-Hu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:29:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtTwT-0006PM-T1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:20:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:55284) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtTwT-0006PE-Kd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:20:37 -0400 Original-Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so609670ewy.0 for ; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:20:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=IHO1Y2PYQ7doDmJnYHSrbl539cEXagn6DpXy2OQzujs=; b=VEw7ceiaXhmr6vddDbspogR7NbZTDQskHBMjlEY+qpWvOeP0D5/l3d/N43N/rjMSPi o8n4UhCoUTVAMcG+uoMu4gf8+YLjWNIXblcKOsLipixaIKYAnA+852/cSx3ApbrXftBR /Ho/4UE1RTw+kP23DgUkVHjgcJMGKSXmyXtJ0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; b=UyWTA2mLXas5FthfrvCuuaNaKYbiKvG9OBJ7Fzedglm8qEBjkaQurJvpNzoZ0ZyQov u/0t8wP8pWJff2dxoZJJUQHVJuR62LxNIpAbSGa/USf1BgrBKjsFkr1zzYG4AGoP3fnJ 5e8PePOoM6GOaqSocJgrukKaSEhKn39zRqRls= Original-Received: by 10.216.54.202 with SMTP id i52mr886922wec.40.1283988036140; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:20:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.192.168 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:20:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87lj7dwfud.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4seaamN404xxXJlvEMT-87mkw8k X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:74918 Archived-At: Hi Dan, On 7 September 2010 11:47, Dan Davison wrote: > 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. > I also prefer the old behaviour, and would like to get it back. Could you point me to the discussion where this change is being discussed? I would like to follow it. > Dan Thanks a lot. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.