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Michael Kifer writes:

> Something fishy is going on....

Now, I agree.

> Sometimes, if I select from one X application and then from another,
> the latest selected text doesn't get pasted into xemacs, IF I USE
> BUTTON2.

> However, it never fails to paste correctly IF I SELECT PASTE FROM THE
> MENUBAR.

How odd!  I've noticed that it works correctly pasting from button2,
but always fails from the toolbar (`no selection: CLIPBOARD') and the
menubar `edit -> paste'.

> (Most notably, xemacs refuses to paste from fsf's emacs and exmh, but has
> no trouble pasting from xterm.)

> I am using X11R6/twm on SunOS 4.1.3.

> I reported this before, but Steve couldn't reproduce it. (But Martin
> could)

> In any case, why not use the same function to paste from button2 and
> Edit-> Paste, since the latter always seems to work?

But it doesn't!  At least on my system/Window Manager (Linux/olvwm).

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