GNU bug report logs - #8400
24.0.50; Strange selection behavior in Gnus Article buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:06:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <lmi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#8400: 24.0.50; Strange selection behavior in Gnus Article buffer
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:18:02 +0300

> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <lmi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:37:16 +0200
> 
> If I have `transient-mark-mode' switched on, and you `M-w' a line from
> the article buffer, I get the following:
> 
> (car kill-ring) =>
> "diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
> "
> 
> Which is correct.
> 
> (x-selection-value-internal 'CLIPBOARD) =>
> "diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
> "
> 
> Which is also correct.
> 
> (x-selection-value-internal 'PRIMARY) =>
> "
> Signed-off-by: Kan-Ru Chen <kanru <at> kanru.info>
> ---
>  lisp/ChangeLog |    4 ++++
>  lisp/nnir.el   |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> "
> 
> Which is WTF?!

M-w and other keyboard gestures don't set PRIMARY in Emacs 24.
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