GNU bug report logs - #9810
cw in viper mode clobbers clipboard

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bob Nnamtrop <bobnnamtrop <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Bob Nnamtrop <bobnnamtrop <at> gmail.com>
Cc: lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com, 9810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9810: cw in viper mode clobbers clipboard
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:16:11 +0200

> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:09:58 -0600
> From: Bob Nnamtrop <bobnnamtrop <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 9810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I just tried what I originally describe in a terminal window (ie
> starting from emacs -Q -nw) and it works as I expect. The previously
> selected selection is pasted in to the hi-lighted word after typing
> cw. Just like it all previous versions of emacs (terminal or not).

On a text terminal, Emacs does not interact with the clipboard or
selections, so any problems with the clipboard or selections will
never show in "emacs -nw".
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