[3408] in Athena Bugs
(RTPC) Version 6.3B: emacs cut and paste
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Thu Oct 12 19:48:03 1989
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 89 19:37:00 -0400
From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System type, version: (RTPC) Version 6.3B
System name: pit-manager
What's wrong:
Occasionally, the emacs in 6.3B (both on the VAX and the RT) will
get in a state where cut and paste in emacs will be different from
cut-and-paste outside of emacs. In this mode, any text cut using the
mouse from the emacs window can be pasted back into the emacs window,
or it can be pasted into other windows IF THERE IS NO OTHER SELECTION
ACTIVE.
Text selected in an xterm or other window will not, however, paste
into the emacs window, no matter what.
What seems to be happening is that emacs is for some reason
switching over in mid-stream from using selections to using the old cut
buffer mechanism. Killing the emacs and restarting usually solves the
problem, at least for a while.
What should have happened:
Emacs should deal properly with selections.
jik
