GNU bug report logs - #13790
Cannot paste with C-y into Homebrew emacs v24.2.1

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, moreinfo

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 13790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 13790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13790: Cannot paste with C-y into Homebrew emacs v24.2.1
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:42:56 -0500

> By default, yes, but this is the precise reason
> interprogram-cut-function and interprogram-paste-function exist.
> pbcopy and pbpaste are the OS X equivalents of xclip, and the snippet
> I pasted provides an interface to them like the interface to xclip
> provided by http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/xclip.el .  Many users are
> unaware of the existence of these variables, which results in
> confusion and the filing of bugs such as this.  Users would be more
> likely to discover them if the error messages complaining about an
> empty kill ring in -nw sessions were to mention their existence.

Indeed.  Maybe your patch should be merged with xclip.el?


        Stefan
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