From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: copy/paste from x11 Emacs fails but other x11 programs do just fine Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 01:28:40 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <37de43b3-a4a3-4121-b056-802fd9c4727c@m21g2000vbr.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291832629 15687 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2010 18:23:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:23:49 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 19:23:44 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 1PQOg4-0000Np-8U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:23:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45807 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQOg3-00076L-Br for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:23:43 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!elk.ncren.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Injection-Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 05:28:39 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: barmar.motzarella.org; posting-host="+bxBiZT/p0ZLLuDb5H+JCw"; logging-data="5087"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19E+Khe9CAA1QXKb2GCoqb/" User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YKbSwM3Ei/EgEJCVLL8Vy6ZYrkA= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:178258 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:75781 Archived-At: In article <37de43b3-a4a3-4121-b056-802fd9c4727c@m21g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>, Terrence Brannon wrote: > I am running an Ubuntu virtual machine (using virtualbox). I hand- > compiled GNU Emacs 23.2 and installed it on this viritual machine. > The host is a windows xp machine. > > I have no problem with copy/paste from Ubuntu xterm windows or Ubuntu > firefox windows to Windows XP. However, all attempts to copy from GNU > Emacs with gtk extensions to Windows XP fail. > > This screencast documents the copy/paste behavior for all the attempts > (xterm, firefox, emacs): > > http://www.screencast.com/users/terrence_work/folders/Jing/media/8f9ceafe- > 3429-4df2-8fcb-0ea9aa65589c > > Please help me! Is the problem only when you're copying from Emacs to the host? Or do you also have a problem copying from Emacs to other applications in the virtual machine? -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***