GNU bug report logs - #18939
24.4; a left-click in Emacs sometimes modifies the PRIMARY selection

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 20:58:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security

Found in version 24.4

Done: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
Cc: 18939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18939: 24.4; middle-click sometimes pastes data other than the PRIMARY selection
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:42:32 -0400

> This occurs very often, and I've finally managed to find a way to
> reproduce the bug:

> 1. Open a file containing a line, say "foo", with "emacs -Q".

> 2. When the cursor is at the beginning, type C-k.

> 3. Select text in some other window.

> 4. Left-click in the initial Emacs window.

> 5. Middle-click in the initial Emacs window.

> Instead of pasting the selected text, this pastes what was cut
> with C-k.

I can't reproduce it here.
I did the following:

% emacs24 -Q    ; That's Debian's Emacs-24.4
M-< C-k
C-x 5 b *Messages*
drag-mouse-1               [ in *Messages*, to select "information" ]
mouse-1                    [ in *scratch* ]
mouse-2                    [ in *scratch* ]

Result: it inserted "information", as it should.


        Stefan
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