Re: Cut, Copy and Paste

Paul> I am unable to cut, copy and paste to or from Xemacs to Paul> other applications. I am not using C-w, I am using the cut, Paul> copy and paste selections from the Edit Menu. It was my Paul> understanding that these use the system clipboard and so Paul> theoretically it should work. I am not sure if this is a bug Paul> or not. Paul> i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux There _is no system clipboard_ in X11. For more information, see http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html. If you don't want more information, but just want things to work, tell us _specifically_ (it matters) what is not working and we'll see what we can come up with. XEmacs can handle it, probably; it's the other apps that are inflexible. If you want to try for yourself (and have some hope of dealing with the next new app you install), here are some hints: What you can and cannot paste to will be determined by how well the other applications support the standard X protocols. There are at least four in common use: the PRIMARY selection, the CLIPBOARD selection, the Motif clipboard, and the xclipboard client. The edit menu items use the CLIPBOARD selection. If you are primarily in a Motif environment, then you should set the variable `x-selection-strict-motif-ownership' to t, and things should work more or less, unless your vendor has changed the values of the variables `interprogram-cut-function' and `interprogram-paste-function'. I recommend you upgrade; I'm fairly sure that 21.4.8 still had buggy versions of those functions. However, the basic functionality should be there; you'll just get weirdness with extra copies in the kill ring and so on. If you are not in a Motif environment, then those very likely will not work at all, as non-Motif applications normally use the PRIMARY selection to communicate. I can verify this for xterm. Mozilla on the other hand (at least in the default Debian build) does use the CLIPBOARD selection. It also grabs the PRIMARY selection. It undoubtedly grabs the SECONDARY selection and fills up the cut-buffers (You Do Not Want To Know[tm]) too, just to make really sure. I hate self-important apps. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.