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thwarted from copying what one sees in Info

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Message #8 received at 25131 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 25131 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25131: thwarted from copying what one sees in Info
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:29:36 +0100

On 2016-12-07, at 08:30, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> wrote:

> 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.

I guess it's an overlay, so it is like that by design.
(Also in emacs -nw.)

Why is this a problem?

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski

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