jsulliva@killington.prime.com (Jeff Sullivan) (08/16/90)
I am using GNU Emacs version 18.53.3 under SunOS 4.0.3. The problem I have is that I cannot "stuff" more than a certain amount of text into an Emacs buffer. The limit seems to be 256 characters. This is very annoying, since I can "select" much more text than I can "stuff". Does anyone know what causes this limitation and how to work around it? Any help appreciated, -Jeff Jeff Sullivan | Computervision/Prime | jsulliva@cvbnet.prime.com CADDS R&D | Bedford, MA 01730 | sun!cvbnet!jsulliva
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (09/21/90)
In article <1990Aug23.225722.10789@rice.edu> jsulliva@killington.prime.com (Jeff Sullivan) writes: >I am using GNU Emacs version 18.53.3 under SunOS 4.0.3. The problem I >have is that I cannot "stuff" more than a certain amount of text into an >Emacs buffer. The limit seems to be 256 characters. > >This is very annoying, since I can "select" much more text than I can >"stuff". Does anyone know what causes this limitation and how to work >around it? I have found that pasting into emacs using the mouse doesn't work well. If you use the copy key (L6) to copy the selected text into the paste buffer, then move the mouse pointer into the emacs window and use the paste key (L8), it works much better. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254
ralph@laas.fr (10/08/90)
Using mouse selection under Sunview between a Shelltool window and an emacstool window does not have a 256 char. limit! I often select-copy more than that. Ralph P. Sobek ralph@laas.fr