GNU bug report logs - #53894
27.2; Clipboard copy -> C-y -> M-y -> Same clipboard copy does not push to kill ring

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 53894 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#53894: 27.2; Clipboard copy -> C-y -> M-y -> Same clipboard copy does not push to kill ring
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:16:30 +0800

Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com> writes:

> One final question. Does then Emacs assert ownership of the selection
> also when it reads it (C-y)

Not that I know of, no; the ownership remains unchanged.

> and not only when it sets it (C-k), as I assumed in my last email?
> Because otherwise I think my point still holds

AFAIU the problem is that if you do this:

  - Kill some text in Emacs
  - C-y
  - Cut the same text in another program

then that same text is not pushed onto the kill ring again, when you
press C-y.  I don't understand why Emacs would have to own the clipboard
in order to fix that.

Thanks.

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