From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Copying text from emacs to another application using M-w Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:11:03 GMT Message-ID: References: <87iqfe8dkw.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87ab0o91bp.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253637724 7957 80.91.229.12 (22 Sep 2009 16:42:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:42:04 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 22 18:41:57 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 1Mq8RB-00019U-G7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:41:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56024 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq8RA-0007et-Rw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:41:56 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe13.iad.POSTED!800a5453!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@WWWSpace.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:11:03 UTC Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:173272 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:68391 Archived-At: On 2009-09-22, Harry Putnam wrote: > Now a third attempt of the same procedure: shift mouse to xterm, left > drag to highlight filename ... shift mouse back to emacs and finally > on the third attempt C-y pastes what I copied from the xterm with Why do you keep using a mouse function to copy and then an emacs function to paste? Stick with one related function. You did a proper highlight with the left mouse button to copy. Now, use the middle mouse button (or whatever is passing for "middle button" on your mouse) to paste the text you highlighted. Works for me. nb > mouse. > > Very aggravating... the earlier copy seems stuck to C-y or right click > for several attempts... and finally the copy/paste works. > > >