GNU bug report logs - #25131
thwarted from copying what one sees in Info

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 08:31:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 19471, 29286

Found in version 25.0.95

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: thwarted from copying what one sees in Info
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:30:04 +0800

Go to e.g.,
(info "(coreutils) Sorting the output")

See that line at the top,
... > ... > ... >
Looks good, right? Let's try to copy it with ^K.
As much as you try, you will only get
File: coreutils.info,  Node: Sorting the output...

One needs to probably use emacs -nw in order to copy it.
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