How to copy text from Emacs to another application on Linux

Question

When I cut (kill) text in Emacs 22.1.1 (in its own window on X, in KDE, on Kubuntu), I can't paste (yank) it in any other application. JavaScript questions and answers, JavaScript questions pdf, JavaScript question bank, JavaScript questions and answers pdf, mcq on JavaScript pdf, JavaScript questions and solutions, JavaScript mcq Test , Interview JavaScript questions, JavaScript Questions for Interview, JavaScript MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

Answer 1

Let's be careful with our definitions here An Emacs copy is the command kill-ring-save (usually bound to M-w). A system copy is what you typically get from pressing C-c (or choosing "Edit->Copy" in a application window). An X copy is "physically" highlighting text with the mouse cursor. An Emacs paste is the command yank (usually bound to C-y). A system paste is what you typically get from pressing C-v (or choosing "Edit-Paste" in an application window). An X paste is pressing the "center mouse button" (simulated by pressing the left and right mouse buttons together). In my case (on GNOME): Both Emacs and system copy usually work with X paste. X copy usually works with Emacs paste. To make system copy work with Emacs paste and Emacs copy work with system paste, you need to add (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t) to your .emacs. Or try META-X set-variable RET x-select-enable-clipboard RET t I think this is pretty standard modern Unix behavior. It's also important to note (though you say you're using Emacs in a separate window) that when Emacs is running in a console, it is completely divorced from the system and X clipboards: cut and paste in that case is mediated by the terminal. For example, "Edit->Paste" in your terminal window should act exactly as if you typed the text from the clipboard into the Emacs buffer.