bug#303: 23.0.60; Save Buffer As...

[Bastien Guerry]

Ralph Hicks <ralph_a_hicks@yahoo.ca> writes:

> Pasting from the system clipboard (using the standard Mac OS X keystroke
> '&#8984;V') does not appear to work when the focus is in the text entry field
> labelled "Save As:" in the dialog window "Save As" that appears in response to
> selecting the menu item "File > Save Buffer As..."
>
> This functionality appears to work in other applications and seems to be a
> reasonable expectation.  I am reporting this as a bug as I found no mention of
> it in the buffer opened in response to selecting the menu item "Help > Emacs
> Known Problems".

You need to "paste" the string (i.e. "yank" the string in Emacs
parlance) with C-y.

If you want to enable CMD-V shortcut, M-x cua-mode RET.

I'm closing the bug, feel free to reopen it if I misunderstood
your problem.

-- 
 Bastien