GNU bug report logs - #35257
eshell and xclip

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Sockwell <daniel <at> codesections.com>

Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:34:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 26.3

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 35257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Sockwell <daniel <at> codesections.com>
Subject: bug#35257: eshell and xclip
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:26:46 -0400

tags 35257 fixed
close 35257 26.3
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> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:
>
>> This is because xclip forks a background process that holds the
>> selection.  With eshell, that background process is killed immediately
>> (due to its lack of job control), so the selection is lost.
>
> Ah thanks, looks adding it to eshell-needs-pipe works.

Pushed to emacs-26, along with some more program names found in xclip.el
of GNU ELPA.

95bd56df88 2019-04-19T15:19:10-04:00 "Tell xclip not to expect job-control under eshell (Bug#35257)"
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=95bd56df883478bc16e25d7fc5e5d25a56278b7c
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 90 days ago.

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