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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From: "Crawford, Christopher" <cbcraw2 <at> g.uky.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 41519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41519: 26.3;
 transient-mark-mode + WSL + vcxsrv clobbers clipboard
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 02:28:49 -0400
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Yeah

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 10:24 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > 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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