GNU bug report logs - #7290
problems with copy-paste drives me MAD

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen <kjetil1001 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, unreproducible

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 7290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen <kjetil1001 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: problems with copy-paste drives me MAD
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:40:02 -0400

> When marking a block of text with the mouse, choosing copy from the
> menu
>
> Then putting the cursor where I want the text, then choosing <paste>,
> emacs pastes some OTHER text than the one I marked!

I can't reproduce this behavior.  However, the copy and paste menu
operations in Emacs 24 have been reworked, so possibly this problem no
longer occurs there.

If you have a reproducible recipe, please give more details.  Thanks.
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