GNU bug report logs - #47642
28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 17:57:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 47642 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:37:32 +0300

> From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:51:05 +0300
> 
> 
> I never had this error. It now happens in the longer running instance,
> it started suddenly. I don;t remember using any chars outside of
> ASCII. It is invoked when I pres C-k or C-y -- it started mysteriously
> and then after a while it stopped.
> 
> I cannot replicate it in 'emacs -Q'.
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)

Why do you think it's an Emacs problem?  The error message points to
an external program, which owns the selection.
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