I can reproduce this. Some quick googling confirms that it comes from Emacs not being able to access the X clipboard when it's not run under X, so it's not an issue with Evil. Unfortunately I didn't see any fixes along the way...
On 7/26/14, Linus Arver <linusar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 06:31:06PM -0400, Gordon Gustafson wrote: >> Did you mean this (without the comma)? >> >> (define-key evil-normal-state-map "y" "\"+y") >> > > Well, I use the comma as my "leader" key. I don't want to use just "y" > itself because that would overwrite the default "y" command. > >> Also, do you get the same error when you manually type the "+y (not >> using the macro)? What key sequence causes the failure? > > If I don't use the macro and just type > > "+y > > into a `emacs -nw` session, I get the error message > > X selection unavailable for this frame > > . > > -L > >> >> On 7/26/14, Linus Arver <linusar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello all, >> > >> > In regular Emacs (with Evil mode turned on, of course), I can (1) do >> > visual selection of a region, and it will automatically copy that >> > selection into the X primary selection buffer. This way, I can simply >> > do >> > SHIFT+INSERT in another X program (e.g., Firefox) and I will paste the >> > selection that way. Conversely, I can (2) SHIFT+INSERT into Emacs/Evil >> > (in Insert mode), and it will paste whatever is in the X primary >> > buffer. >> > >> > However, behavior (1) does not work in terminal-mode Emacs (`emacs >> > -nw`), although behavior (2) works as expected. I have tried to work >> > around this by using my `"+y` macro which is enabled with >> > >> > (define-key evil-normal-state-map ",y" "\"+y") >> > >> > in my .emacs, but it fails with the message >> > >> > After 0 kbd macro iterations: X selection unavailable for this >> > frame >> > >> > . Is this a bug in Evil or is it something in Emacs itself? >> > >> > -L >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > implementations-list mailing list >> > implementations-list@lists.ourproject.org >> > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/implementations-list >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> implementations-list mailing list >> implementations-list@lists.ourproject.org >> https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/implementations-list > > _______________________________________________ > implementations-list mailing list > implementations-list@lists.ourproject.org > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/implementations-list > _______________________________________________ implementations-list mailing list implementations-list@lists.ourproject.org https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/implementations-list
