GNU bug report logs - #6802
24.0.50; Yanking non-ASCII text from other X application leads to unicode escapes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kaloian Doganov <kaloian <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 6635

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #43 received at 6802 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se, 6802 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6802: 24.0.50; Yanking non-ASCII text from other X application
	leads	to	unicode	escapes
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:58:07 +0900

In article <4CCD93DF.5030509 <at> swipnet.se>, Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se> writes:

> For the purpose of fixing this bug, such an overhaul isn't needed.

That's always true.

> I made a 
> simple fix that makes mouse-2 use the same mechanism as yank from clipboard 
> for X, i.e. try UTF8_STRING and COMPOUND_TEXT before STRING.

Ah, thank you.  It is better to update the comment in
mouse-yank-primary.

Anyway, we have these functions:
  x-get-selection
  x-get-selection-internal
  x-get-selection-value
  x-selection-value
  x-selection-value-internal
What a mess...

---
Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org
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