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Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi@polimi.it> writes:

> Javier <javier@nospam.com> writes:
>
>> Does anybody know how to do to paste text from external programs
>> into an emacs window?  I am using emacs 23.2.1 and debian Squeeze.
>
> $ apt-get remove emacs23-gtk
> $ apt-get install emacs23-lucid

This seems very strange advice. How does this solve the problem better
than the documented emacs clipboard variables?