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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Message #8 received at 18939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
To: 18939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 24.4; middle-click sometimes pastes data other than the PRIMARY
 selection
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:27:42 +0100

On 2014-11-03 21:56:44 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Usually a middle-click pastes the PRIMARY selection, but sometimes
> it pastes something else. I don't know how to reproduce this bug,
> but it occurred several times in the last two hours.

It occurred again. This time I did the following:

1. Middle-click. The correct PRIMARY selection was pasted.
2. Left-click to another position (in the same buffer).
3. Middle-click. But something else was pasted!

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