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Subject: Re: 20.1 b2  x-get-selection seems broken
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Martin Buchholz writes:

>>>>>> "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.

I've never seen it.  Perhaps it's a CDE thing?
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