From unknown Sat Aug 16 10:44:29 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#7699 <7699@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#7699 <7699@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.0.50; Emacs still doesn't paste what you select with mouse Reply-To: bug#7699 <7699@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:44:29 +0000 retitle 7699 24.0.50; Emacs still doesn't paste what you select with mouse reassign 7699 emacs submitter 7699 "Drew Adams" severity 7699 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Dec 21 12:30:41 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Dec 2010 17:30:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PV62r-0007ts-HH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:30:41 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PV62p-0007tT-9n for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:30:39 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PV699-0004vD-00 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:37:11 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:35030) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PV698-0004uK-UH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:37:10 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43833 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PV697-0002fH-P2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:37:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PV696-0004r2-KJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:37:09 -0500 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:57220) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PV696-0004qm-BR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:37:08 -0500 Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oBLHb5gI013239 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:07 GMT Received: from acsmt355.oracle.com (acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155]) by rcsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oBLHT5he014998 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:05 GMT Received: from abhmt010.oracle.com by acsmt353.oracle.com with ESMTP id 872518841292952977; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:36:17 -0800 Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.239.39) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:36:17 -0800 From: "Drew Adams" To: Subject: 24.0.50; Emacs still doesn't paste what you select with mouse Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:36:21 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcuhNZTzPjaeMJ5jQ5yr8/OhrZMAyA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) emacs -Q Select some text outside an Emacs session - e.g. from another Emacs session or from a Web browser or other app. Copy it to the clipboard (C-c on Windows). In Emacs, select some text with the mouse (e.g. drag mouse-1). Click mouse-2 to paste the text you selected. Instead what was copied to the clipboard gets pasted. In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2010-12-20 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/imagesupport/include' From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Dec 21 14:09:54 2010 Received: (at 7699) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Dec 2010 19:09:54 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PV7ar-0001az-Va for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:09:54 -0500 Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PV7ap-0001aj-K1 for 7699@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:09:53 -0500 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LDS00800LHUNI00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 7699@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:16:13 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.167.122]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LDS0083ULIXJQ50@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:16:11 +0200 (IST) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:14:09 +0200 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#7699: 24.0.50; Emacs still doesn't paste what you select with mouse In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: Drew Adams Message-id: <838vzjey66.fsf@gnu.org> References: X-Spam-Score: -2.0 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 7699 Cc: 7699@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.0 (--) > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:36:21 -0800 > Cc: > > emacs -Q > > Select some text outside an Emacs session - e.g. from another Emacs > session or from a Web browser or other app. Copy it to the clipboard > (C-c on Windows). > > In Emacs, select some text with the mouse (e.g. drag mouse-1). Click > mouse-2 to paste the text you selected. Instead what was copied to the > clipboard gets pasted. It will work as you want if you customize mouse-drag-copy-region to a non-nil value, I think. I will try to fix the default case as well in a few days (let me know if you want meanwhile to try a fix -- it's in mouse.el), but no promises, since this is all very tricky due to conflicting requirements and the fact that Windows doesn't have primary selection. See, for example, bug#6689. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Dec 21 14:26:37 2010 Received: (at 7699) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Dec 2010 19:26:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PV7r3-0001xc-7P for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:26:37 -0500 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PV7r1-0001xQ-H6 for 7699@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:26:36 -0500 Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oBLJX6Iq023187 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:33:07 GMT Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by rcsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oBLJX57n016651; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:33:05 GMT Received: from abhmt020.oracle.com by acsmt353.oracle.com with ESMTP id 894573851292959981; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:33:01 -0800 Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.239.39) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:33:01 -0800 From: "Drew Adams" To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" References: <838vzjey66.fsf@gnu.org> Subject: RE: bug#7699: 24.0.50; Emacs still doesn't paste what you select with mouse Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:33:05 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <838vzjey66.fsf@gnu.org> Thread-Index: AcuhQ4/wPuyDZFZuTCyfIH/imhZR6wAAKbxQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 7699 Cc: 7699@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) > > select some text with the mouse (e.g. drag > > mouse-1). Click mouse-2 to paste the text you selected. > > Instead what was copied to the clipboard gets pasted. > > It will work as you want if you customize mouse-drag-copy-region to a > non-nil value, I think. Yes, and that's what I use for myself. This report is about the default setting of nil, i.e., for others. > I will try to fix the default case as well in a few days (let me know > if you want meanwhile to try a fix -- it's in mouse.el), but no > promises, since this is all very tricky due to conflicting > requirements and the fact that Windows doesn't have primary selection. > See, for example, bug#6689. Great, thanks. And good luck. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Dec 25 05:54:20 2010 Received: (at 7699-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Dec 2010 10:54:20 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWRlT-0000gs-QR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:54:19 -0500 Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWRlQ-0000gg-T3 for 7699-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:54:17 -0500 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LDZ00700D1F7D00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 7699-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:00:57 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.131.108]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LDZ007A2D9K0R80@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:00:57 +0200 (IST) Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:59:02 +0200 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#7699: 24.0.50; Emacs still doesn't paste what you select with mouse In-reply-to: <838vzjey66.fsf@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: drew.adams@oracle.com, 7699-done@debbugs.gnu.org Message-id: <83r5d6ce4p.fsf@gnu.org> References: <838vzjey66.fsf@gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 7699-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:14:09 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > Cc: 7699@debbugs.gnu.org > > I will try to fix the default case as well in a few days (let me know > if you want meanwhile to try a fix -- it's in mouse.el), but no > promises, since this is all very tricky due to conflicting > requirements and the fact that Windows doesn't have primary selection. > See, for example, bug#6689. 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