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Re: how to get subsequent text copies to emacs kill ring?


From: Michael Heerdegen
Subject: Re: how to get subsequent text copies to emacs kill ring?
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 21:18:36 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> Am 16.05.2013 um 16:59 schrieb Paul K:
>
> > Is it possible???
>
> No. GNU Emacs fills its kill-ring with snippets from within. Firefox
> and X11 have their own cut&paste boards. Both are not
> synchronised. Maybe xclipboard can be useful for you as an interim
> storageā€¦

Having something like that in Emacs indeed would be really useful.

I think this is not trivial to implement.  Emacs has access to the
primary selection, but doesn't notice if it changes.  Any ideas?


Michael.



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