Re: 25.1; copy and paste does not work :(

[David Reitter]

Hi,
thanks for your bug report. This is a very commonly used function that works well for me and hasn’t caused any problems for others during many months of testing, so I’m surprised. Could you please try this, starting with "Start Aquamacs without customizations" from the "Help/Diagnose and Report Bug” menu?

Thanks
- David


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> On Sep 20, 2016, at 3:59 PM, Juergen Fenn <jf...@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hello David,
>
> first of all, thanks for the good work!
>
> I have just installed Aquamacs 3.3 on El Capitan 10.11.6, and I am sorry to say that I cannot copy any text from Apple Mail (or from TextEdit) to Aquamacs.
>
> I happen to write a column for the German TeX users group DANTE about the new packages published on CTAN. I copy the name of a new package and the author's name from the announcement in Mail over the clipboard to Aquamacs. The package fits into a definition list label. And unfortunately this does not work in Aquamacs 3.3. (I mention this just in case it would matter. It does not work in any other part of the LaTeX document.)
>
> Copying, however, does work between Mail and, say, TextEdit. But it also does not work from TextEdit to Aquamacs.
>
> No problem with Aquamacs 3.2.
>
> Best,
> Jürgen.
>
> In Aquamacs 3.3 GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0, NS appkit-1344.72 Version 10.10.2 (Build 14C109))
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[David Reitter]

Juergen,
I presume you refer to AquamacsEmacsCompatibilitySettings in the Aquamacs Wiki -?
Because of that, I’m inferring from your message that you did not start without customizations.

You could try this, which I have added to the Wiki:

(setq select-enable-clipboard t)

Command-V is still not enabled, but C-y should paste text from other applications. Hope that helps.

- David


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> On Sep 22, 2016, at 5:45 AM, Juergen Fenn <jf...@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Dear David,
>
> thanks for your early reply.
>
> As you can see from the bug report, I got the error message "kill ring empty" when trying to paste from the system clipboard. Only copy and paste from within Aquamacs worked.
>
> In case this is important, I have applied the code you provided for using Aquamacs like an ordinary Emacs.
>
> Unfortunately, I have no opportunity for doing any more tests before the weekend. :(
>
> I'll come back to the issue asap.
>
> Best,
> Jürgen.

[Juergen Fenn]

Hello David,

> Am 22.09.2016 um 13:04 schrieb David Reitter <david....@gmail.com>:
>
> Juergen,
> I presume you refer to AquamacsEmacsCompatibilitySettings in the Aquamacs Wiki -?

Yes, I did.

> Because of that, I’m inferring from your message that you did not start without customizations.

When I start another Aquamacs instance without customisations copy and paste from the system clipboard into Aquamacs works fine. But I would like to keep using a setup with standard Emacs keybindings because I use Emacs on other platforms too.

> You could try this, which I have added to the Wiki:
>
> (setq select-enable-clipboard t)
>
> Command-V is still not enabled, but C-y should paste text from other applications. Hope that helps.

Indeed, this did the trick. I added the line to my .emacs file and tested copy and paste from the system clipboard to Aquamacs, and back again.

I also tested editing (and compiling) a LaTeX and an org-mode file with success.

Again, thanks for your help.

I am sorry I could not answer in an more timely manner. This was due to the fact that I faced a number of deadlines for work that kept me from experimenting further, so I just downgraded in order to get going again, as before. I'm glad I'm back to the most recent version of Aquamacs.

Best,
Jürgen.