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Re: Copy/paste issue.
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XeCycle |
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Re: Copy/paste issue. |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:47:44 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.130004 (Ma Gnus v0.4) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) |
"Jérôme M. Berger" <jeberger@free.fr> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have an issue with copy/paste. Here are the steps to reproduce:
> * Select some text (say "foo") and copy it (M-w);
> * Select some other text (say "bar") and paste (C-y):
> -> The text "bar" is deleted and the text "foo" is inserted
> in its place;
> * Select yet some other text (say "zzz") and paste (C-y):
> -> Expected behavior: The text "zzz" is deleted and the text
> "foo" is inserted in its place;
> -> Actual behavior: The text "zzz" is deleted and the text
> "bar" is inserted in its place.
>
> This behavior is with my configuration files. If I start emacs with
> -Q, pasting over selected text does not erase the selection but
> inserts the pasted text at the cursor position. In that case,
> pasting multiple times always pastes "foo". I'm not sure what part
> of my configuration changes this behavior (grepping for "yank" and
> "kill" yields nothing obvious).
>
> I've looked through the docs and code for the "yank" and
> "kill-ring-save" functions but could not find anything.
>
> Can somebody give me pointers to what
> variables/functions/customizations I should check to get the
> behavior I want?
It should come from delete-selection-mode.
Anyway, bisect your configuration should be accurate.
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