GNU bug report logs - #58527
29.0.50; emacs cannot insert links from clipboard (macos)

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Message #11 received at 58527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 58527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58527: 29.0.50; emacs cannot insert links from clipboard
 (macos)
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:30:15 +0200

Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Select text with a link on a web page.
> Copy it to the clipboard.
> Paste it into, say, a google doc - the link is preserved.
> Paste it into Emacs (C-y) - only the text is inserted, not the link,
> even in org model which can handle links.

Try using `M-x yank-media' in a html-mode buffer -- it should yank the
HTML instead of the text.

I don't think Org implements a yank-media handler yet, though.

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