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Re: -clipboard mark-region cut and paste xemacs dilemma in cygwin xfree86
- From: "Cary Jamison" <Cary dot Jamison at powerquest dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:10:38 -0600
- Subject: Re: -clipboard mark-region cut and paste xemacs dilemma in cygwin xfree86
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
"terrence brannon" <tbone@directsynergy.com> wrote in message
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> (How's that for a google-searchable title :))
>
> I am between a rock and a hard place. If I start X-windows without
> the -clipboard option, then I cannot cut and paste between my windows
web
> browser (mozilla) and my x-terminals using the middle mouse button.
>
> If I do start X-windows with the -clipboard option, then Xemacs seems
to not
> be able to mark the region. Or rather, just after marking the region
via the
> mouse or by hitting ctrl-space and moving to the other end of the
region, I
> cannot use the region with the error: "Region is not active now"
(As Harold mentions, this has been discussed before, including my
suggestion below.)
You might want to consider not using -clipboard and starting/stopping
xwinclip as needed.
This works for me, because I find I do not need to do a lot of
copying/pasting between X
and Windows, and prefer to have selection work properly in emacs and
xterms.
Cary