Subject: bug#6752: 24.0.50; paste/yank impossible under MacOSX

From: Chad Brown <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:37:00 -0700

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Ever since the change to `unify' cut/kill/paste/yank, it is impossible
to paste text under macosx, using any technique I can find.  This
includes emacs<->native, native<->emacs, and emacs<->emacs.  It also
includes keybindings, menus, and M-x kill/yank, as well as mouse and
keyboard selection.  No matter how I try to copy or cut text, all
attempts to paste/yank give:

  Quit: "pasteboard doesn't contain valid data"

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1038.32)
 of 2010-07-27 on Duncan.local
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1038
configured using `configure  '--with-ns''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_COLLATE: C
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Change Log

Minor modes in effect:
  bug-reference-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> C-x C-f <backspace> ~ / P r <tab> e m <tab> 
w o <tab> c h <tab> <return> C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k 
C-s y a n d r o s C-s C-s C-a C-x C-s C-n C-p C-SPC 
C-n C-n C-n C-n <escape> w <down> <down> <down> <return> 
C-y C-x u <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> 
<drag-mouse-1> <menu-bar> <edit> <copy> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <menu-bar> <edit> <paste> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> s-x 
C-y C-x u M-x r e p o r t SPC r <backspace> e m SPC 
b u SPC <return>

Recent messages:
Wrote /Users/chadp/Project/emacs/working/ChangeLog
Mark activated
Mark set
Quit: "pasteboard doesn't contain valid data"
Undo!
Mark set
Quit: "pasteboard doesn't contain valid data"
Mark set
Quit: "pasteboard doesn't contain valid data"
Undo!

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