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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: kifer@CS.SunySB.EDU (Michael Kifer)
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Subject: 20.1 b2  x-get-selection seems broken
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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Kifer <kifer@CS.SunySB.EDU> writes:

Michael> If I select something outside xemacs window (say, in xterm),
Michael> (x-get-selection) causes an error:

Michael> selection owner couldn't convert: COMPOUND_TEXT

I have seen this occasionally, but have not been able to reliably
reproduce it.  Anyways, Michael's particular example works for me.

Michael> Basically, cut/paste only works when selection was made in another xemacs
Michael> window. 

Michael> This is sunos 4.1.3, X11R6, by the way

Martin

