From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Copy Paste in no-x11 mode (emacs -nw) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:43:51 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222368045 30345 80.91.229.12 (25 Sep 2008 18:40:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:40:45 +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 25 20:41:43 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1KivmP-0006pH-QW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:41:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41827 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KivlN-0000nv-LD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:40:29 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!feeder.erje.net!news.k-dsl.de!aioe.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 4AE4AuUNcHSN/2S3W1b6lg.user.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:DrPG3JKYycsfbyD7F4be3PovXjI= User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) XEmacs/21.4 (Educational Television, i686-pc-linux) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:162743 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:58087 Archived-At: "Simeon Nifos" writes: > Dear list, > I like using emacs in nox11 mode. The Eterm terminal provides a great > font by default I really enjoy. It is smaller and I can work on more > source code than I do with the misc-fixed font of Xterm. So I usually > run emacs with -nw. Unfortunately there is no way to copy paste > something from one emacs window to a terminal or from a terminal to > the emacs window I am editing. This is a real headache, since one of > the most foundamental stuff an editor is supposed to do, is to support > copy and paste of text from whatsoever source to the window where > editing takes place. No. Copy/Paste is a function of the terminal, not Emacs, when you run Emacs in a terminal. > Is there anyway I could activate this "underestimated" feature in the > mode I am using emacs? I apologize if this email sounds aggressive but > there are some things an editor is supposed to do by default and I > cannot understand why they are turned off in emacs. I don't know why you are having problems doing copy/paste in a terminal. You need to supply more information. What OS are you using, what did you do, what happened. What did you expect to happen.