GNU bug report logs - #41519
26.3; transient-mark-mode + WSL + vcxsrv clobbers clipboard

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Crawford, Christopher" <cbcraw2 <at> g.uky.edu>

Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 05:56:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 41519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Crawford, Christopher" <cbcraw2 <at> g.uky.edu>
Cc: 41519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41519: 26.3;
 transient-mark-mode + WSL + vcxsrv clobbers clipboard
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 05:24:03 +0300

> From: "Crawford, Christopher" <cbcraw2 <at> g.uky.edu>
> Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 17:49:08 -0400
> Cc: 41519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Thanks for your help, and you are right:  disabling  select-active-regions  fixes it.
> Prompted by your response, I found an option in VcXsrv, "Clipboard may use PRIMARY selection"
> (right-clicking on the server icon) which could also be disabled to allow cut and paste between Windows and
> Emacs without clobbering the clipboard.

Thanks, so I guess this bug can be closed now?
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