Re: problem in pasting from an X-application into emacs 21

[Howard E. Haber]

The behavior I find is most strange.  I did a little experiment with both
emacs 19 and emacs 21 running side by side.  The emacs 19 behaves completely
as expected but the emacs 21 exhibits the problem mentioned in my original
message.  In BOTH emacs 19 and emacs 21, the values of the variables below
were (when checked with C-h v):

interprogram-cut-function:  x-select-text
interprogram-paste-function: x-cut-buffers-or-selection-value

My experiment was as follows.  First type in some text in the emacs window.
Then, cut the text (highlight text with mouse and then C-w).  Finally,
attempt to paste from another program (netscape in this case).  In emacs 19,
the netscape text pasted fine.  In emacs 21, what was pasted was the text
previously cut with C-w.

Why is this happening?



"Kai Großjohann" <kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de> wrote in message
news:84lm3bas8v.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de...
> "Howard E. Haber" <hhaber@pacbell.net> writes:
>
> > I highlight the text in Window #1, and then attempt to paste it in my
emacs
> > window (either with C-y or the middle mouse button).  Sometimes it works
and
> > sometimes it doesn't.  When it does not work, what gets pasted in the
emacs
> > window is text from some previous paste within the emacs window.
> >
> > Has anyone ever encountered this?  What is maddening is that when I test
it
> > out with fresh windows, it works properly for a while.  But then it
doesn't.
> > What is going on?  Nothing in the manual that I can see indicates why
this
> > might be happening.
>
> Compare the value of the variables interprogram-cut-function and
> interprogram-paste-function when it works and when it doesn't work.
> Are they different?
>
> C-h v tells you the value of a variable.
>
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