with older X applications.
gildea@stop.mail-abuse.org says it's not desirable to put kills
in the clipboard."
- ;; Don't send the cut buffer too much text.
- ;; It becomes slow, and if really big it causes errors.
- (cond ((>= (length text) x-cut-buffer-max)
- (x-set-cut-buffer "" push)
- (setq x-last-selected-text-cut ""
- x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded ""))
- (t
- (setq x-last-selected-text-cut text
- x-last-cut-buffer-coding 'iso-latin-1
- x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded
- ;; ICCCM says cut buffer always contain ISO-Latin-1
- (encode-coding-string text 'iso-latin-1))
- (x-set-cut-buffer x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded push)))
- (x-set-selection 'PRIMARY text)
- (setq x-last-selected-text-primary text)
- (when x-select-enable-clipboard
- (x-set-selection 'CLIPBOARD text)
- (setq x-last-selected-text-clipboard text))
- )
+ ;; With multi-tty, this function may be called from a tty frame.
+ (when (eq (framep (selected-frame)) 'x)
+ ;; Don't send the cut buffer too much text.
+ ;; It becomes slow, and if really big it causes errors.
+ (cond ((>= (length text) x-cut-buffer-max)
+ (x-set-cut-buffer "" push)
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-cut ""
+ x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded ""))
+ (t
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-cut text
+ x-last-cut-buffer-coding 'iso-latin-1
+ x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded
+ ;; ICCCM says cut buffer always contain ISO-Latin-1
+ (encode-coding-string text 'iso-latin-1))
+ (x-set-cut-buffer x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded push)))
+ (x-set-selection 'PRIMARY text)
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-primary text)
+ (when x-select-enable-clipboard
+ (x-set-selection 'CLIPBOARD text)
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-clipboard text))))
(defvar x-select-request-type nil
"*Data type request for X selection.
;; it returns nil the second time. This is so that a single
;; selection won't be added to the kill ring over and over.
(defun x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value ()
- (let (clip-text primary-text cut-text)
- (when x-select-enable-clipboard
- (setq clip-text (x-selection-value 'CLIPBOARD))
- (if (string= clip-text "") (setq clip-text nil))
-
- ;; Check the CLIPBOARD selection for 'newness', is it different
+ ;; With multi-tty, this function may be called from a tty frame.
+ (when (eq (framep (selected-frame)) 'x)
+ (let (clip-text primary-text cut-text)
+ (when x-select-enable-clipboard
+ (setq clip-text (x-selection-value 'CLIPBOARD))
+ (if (string= clip-text "") (setq clip-text nil))
+
+ ;; Check the CLIPBOARD selection for 'newness', is it different
+ ;; from what we remebered them to be last time we did a
+ ;; cut/paste operation.
+ (setq clip-text
+ (cond ;; check clipboard
+ ((or (not clip-text) (string= clip-text ""))
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-clipboard nil))
+ ((eq clip-text x-last-selected-text-clipboard) nil)
+ ((string= clip-text x-last-selected-text-clipboard)
+ ;; Record the newer string,
+ ;; so subsequent calls can use the `eq' test.
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-clipboard clip-text)
+ nil)
+ (t (setq x-last-selected-text-clipboard clip-text)))))
+
+ (setq primary-text (x-selection-value 'PRIMARY))
+ ;; Check the PRIMARY selection for 'newness', is it different
+ ;; from what we remebered them to be last time we did a
+ ;; cut/paste operation.
+ (setq primary-text
+ (cond ;; check primary selection
+ ((or (not primary-text) (string= primary-text ""))
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-primary nil))
+ ((eq primary-text x-last-selected-text-primary) nil)
+ ((string= primary-text x-last-selected-text-primary)
+ ;; Record the newer string,
+ ;; so subsequent calls can use the `eq' test.
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-primary primary-text)
+ nil)
+ (t
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-primary primary-text))))
+
+ (setq cut-text (x-get-cut-buffer 0))
+
+ ;; Check the x cut buffer for 'newness', is it different
;; from what we remebered them to be last time we did a
;; cut/paste operation.
- (setq clip-text
- (cond;; check clipboard
- ((or (not clip-text) (string= clip-text ""))
- (setq x-last-selected-text-clipboard nil))
- ((eq clip-text x-last-selected-text-clipboard) nil)
- ((string= clip-text x-last-selected-text-clipboard)
- ;; Record the newer string,
- ;; so subsequent calls can use the `eq' test.
- (setq x-last-selected-text-clipboard clip-text)
- nil)
- (t
- (setq x-last-selected-text-clipboard clip-text))))
- )
-
- (setq primary-text (x-selection-value 'PRIMARY))
- ;; Check the PRIMARY selection for 'newness', is it different
- ;; from what we remebered them to be last time we did a
- ;; cut/paste operation.
- (setq primary-text
- (cond;; check primary selection
- ((or (not primary-text) (string= primary-text ""))
- (setq x-last-selected-text-primary nil))
- ((eq primary-text x-last-selected-text-primary) nil)
- ((string= primary-text x-last-selected-text-primary)
- ;; Record the newer string,
- ;; so subsequent calls can use the `eq' test.
- (setq x-last-selected-text-primary primary-text)
- nil)
- (t
- (setq x-last-selected-text-primary primary-text))))
-
- (setq cut-text (x-get-cut-buffer 0))
-
- ;; Check the x cut buffer for 'newness', is it different
- ;; from what we remebered them to be last time we did a
- ;; cut/paste operation.
- (setq cut-text
- (let ((next-coding (or next-selection-coding-system 'iso-latin-1)))
- (cond;; check cut buffer
- ((or (not cut-text) (string= cut-text ""))
- (setq x-last-selected-text-cut nil))
- ;; This short cut doesn't work because x-get-cut-buffer
- ;; always returns a newly created string.
- ;; ((eq cut-text x-last-selected-text-cut) nil)
- ((and (string= cut-text x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded)
- (eq x-last-cut-buffer-coding next-coding))
- ;; See the comment above. No need of this recording.
- ;; Record the newer string,
- ;; so subsequent calls can use the `eq' test.
- ;; (setq x-last-selected-text-cut cut-text)
- nil)
- (t
- (setq x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded cut-text
- x-last-cut-buffer-coding next-coding
- x-last-selected-text-cut
- ;; ICCCM says cut buffer always contain ISO-Latin-1, but
- ;; use next-selection-coding-system if not nil.
- (decode-coding-string
- cut-text next-coding))))))
-
- ;; As we have done one selection, clear this now.
- (setq next-selection-coding-system nil)
-
- ;; At this point we have recorded the current values for the
- ;; selection from clipboard (if we are supposed to) primary,
- ;; and cut buffer. So return the first one that has changed
- ;; (which is the first non-null one).
- ;;
- ;; NOTE: There will be cases where more than one of these has
- ;; changed and the new values differ. This indicates that
- ;; something like the following has happened since the last time
- ;; we looked at the selections: Application X set all the
- ;; selections, then Application Y set only one or two of them (say
- ;; just the cut-buffer). In this case since we don't have
- ;; timestamps there is no way to know what the 'correct' value to
- ;; return is. The nice thing to do would be to tell the user we
- ;; saw multiple possible selections and ask the user which was the
- ;; one they wanted.
- ;; This code is still a big improvement because now the user can
- ;; futz with the current selection and get emacs to pay attention
- ;; to the cut buffer again (previously as soon as clipboard or
- ;; primary had been set the cut buffer would essentially never be
- ;; checked again).
- (or clip-text primary-text cut-text)
- ))
+ (setq cut-text
+ (let ((next-coding (or next-selection-coding-system 'iso-latin-1)))
+ (cond ;; check cut buffer
+ ((or (not cut-text) (string= cut-text ""))
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-cut nil))
+ ;; This short cut doesn't work because x-get-cut-buffer
+ ;; always returns a newly created string.
+ ;; ((eq cut-text x-last-selected-text-cut) nil)
+ ((and (string= cut-text x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded)
+ (eq x-last-cut-buffer-coding next-coding))
+ ;; See the comment above. No need of this recording.
+ ;; Record the newer string,
+ ;; so subsequent calls can use the `eq' test.
+ ;; (setq x-last-selected-text-cut cut-text)
+ nil)
+ (t
+ (setq x-last-selected-text-cut-encoded cut-text
+ x-last-cut-buffer-coding next-coding
+ x-last-selected-text-cut
+ ;; ICCCM says cut buffer always contain ISO-Latin-1, but
+ ;; use next-selection-coding-system if not nil.
+ (decode-coding-string
+ cut-text next-coding))))))
+
+ ;; As we have done one selection, clear this now.
+ (setq next-selection-coding-system nil)
+
+ ;; At this point we have recorded the current values for the
+ ;; selection from clipboard (if we are supposed to) primary,
+ ;; and cut buffer. So return the first one that has changed
+ ;; (which is the first non-null one).
+ ;;
+ ;; NOTE: There will be cases where more than one of these has
+ ;; changed and the new values differ. This indicates that
+ ;; something like the following has happened since the last time
+ ;; we looked at the selections: Application X set all the
+ ;; selections, then Application Y set only one or two of them (say
+ ;; just the cut-buffer). In this case since we don't have
+ ;; timestamps there is no way to know what the 'correct' value to
+ ;; return is. The nice thing to do would be to tell the user we
+ ;; saw multiple possible selections and ask the user which was the
+ ;; one they wanted.
+ ;; This code is still a big improvement because now the user can
+ ;; futz with the current selection and get emacs to pay attention
+ ;; to the cut buffer again (previously as soon as clipboard or
+ ;; primary had been set the cut buffer would essentially never be
+ ;; checked again).
+ (or clip-text primary-text cut-text)
+ )))
+
+;; Arrange for the kill and yank functions to set and check the clipboard.
+(setq interprogram-cut-function 'x-select-text)
+(setq interprogram-paste-function 'x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value)
(defun x-clipboard-yank ()
"Insert the clipboard contents, or the last stretch of killed text."