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Re: multiple kill and paste from X clipboard
From: |
Manuel Giraud |
Subject: |
Re: multiple kill and paste from X clipboard |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:32:47 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
orzodk <orzodk@fastmail.com> writes:
> Manuel Giraud via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to be able to paste a serie of strings from Emacs to an
>> external X program (e.g. a form with multiple entry in a web browser).
>>
>> I could put all the strings in the Emacs' kill-ring but then a paste in
>> the other program will just retrieve the last killed string. Or maybe,
>> Emacs could be informed that the last kill was paste externally and then
>> proceed to kill the next item?
>>
>> How could I do that?
>
> This is a limitation of X not Emacs. Each time you kill a value Emacs
> will put it into X's clipboard overwriting the previous value. A
> clipboard manager will help with this by keeping the history around. I
> personally use clipmenu but there are several tools to choose from. I
> also bind C-M-v in the window manager to the command to display the
> manager's history.
Thanks. I've never used a clipboard manager so maybe I should now. I
wish I could have a simpler Emacs only solution for this. I thought
that maybe Emacs could be aware when the content is get from the primary
selection or the clipboard.
--
Manuel Giraud
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- Re: multiple kill and paste from X clipboard,
Manuel Giraud <=