GNU bug report logs - #6558
23.2; Cannot paste large clipboard

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Steve Chapel <steven.chapel <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 12:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.2

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Steve Chapel <steven.chapel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6558 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6558: 23.2; Cannot paste large clipboard
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:11:46 -0400

Steve Chapel <steven.chapel <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 1. I went to http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=13
>    and copied the list of numbers to the clipboard
> 2. I opened a new file with emacs and pasted the clipboard in with
>    Ctrl-Shift-V
>
> Emacs did not paste the entire list of numbers into the file.

By default, `yank' does not paste the clipboard.  Bind a key to
clipboard-yank, or set x-select-enable-clipboard to t.

We should probably set it to t for the trunk (Emacs 24)...
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