GNU bug report logs - #58608
29.0.50; Nasty bug with pasting primary selection in term buffers

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Reported by: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>

Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:11:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: 58608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58608: 29.0.50; Nasty bug with pasting primary selection in term buffers
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:05:39 +0300

> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:19:20 +1300
> From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
> 
> Looking at the docstring for `deactivate-mark' told me about
> `select-active-regions'.  I don't know whether this is the correct
> solution, but I can confirm that this change to `term-mouse-paste'
> appears (after only cursory testing) to fix the bug:
> 
> -  (term-send-raw-string (gui-get-primary-selection)))
> +  (let ((select-active-regions nil))
> +    (term-send-raw-string (gui-get-primary-selection))))

I think it could be important to understand why select-active-regions
causes this problem in your case.
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