On Monday, 31 January 2022 04:28:06 CET Ihor Radchenko wrote:

> chris <inkbottle007@gmail.com> writes:

> >> What will happen if you try (kill-new "something") in your Emacs

> >> (preferably, emacs -Q)? Will "something" be present in your Wayland

> >> clipboard?

> >

> > emacs -Q, then `M-: (kill-new "something")`

> > Then `C-y` in `*scratch*`, string "something" is pasted.

> > Then go to terminal (Konsole, specifically), `C-S-v`, string "something"

> > is

> > pasted, too.

>

> Got it. What about emacsclient -e "(kill-new \"test123\")"?

`~/path-to-emacs/lib-src/emacsclient -e "(kill-new \"test123
\")"`

Emacs side, `C-y` => "test123"

Terminal side, `C-S-v` => no trace of the "test123" string.

(note that I don't have emacs system wide, only the emacs 29.0.50 build from source, so there can be no conflict between two emacs)

> > Also, I understand your point, but the fact that the copying is working or

> > not working, in that direction, specifically, after using `xdg-open "org-

> > protocol://store-link?url=URL&title=TITLE"`, etc...

> > Is really a detail in what is hindering the workflow there.

>

> It seems that you don't (: To clarify, I am not trying to find a

> workaround for you yet, but trying to figure out if what you observe is

> a Emacs bug, an Org mode bug, or not bug at all.

Yeah, sorry about that.

>

> Best,

> Ihor