emacs-31 b5119ab9209: ; * etc/PROBLEMS: Document problems with pasting on Windows TTY (bug#81495).

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:04:38 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.diffs
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branch: emacs-31
commit b5119ab9209b7f203f794fc315b5a9a3673a0b24
Author: Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>

    ; * etc/PROBLEMS: Document problems with pasting on Windows TTY (bug#81495).
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 etc/PROBLEMS | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 8c88c9e391a..c9b01e65ea4 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -3187,6 +3187,25 @@ XKeymacs Version 3.47, deactivating XKeymacs when Emacs is active is
 not enough to avoid its messing with the keyboard input.  Exiting
 XKeymacs completely is reported to solve the problem.
 
+** Pasting non-ASCII characters into "emacs -nw" doesn't work.
+
+This happens if you paste using the Windows shortcuts, such as
+S-<Insert> and C-v or C-S-v.  Evidently, these paste methods support
+only ASCII text, at least in some Windows configurations.
+
+Instead, use the Emacs C-y key to paste from the clipboard, which on
+Windows works on text-only frames as well.  Make sure your
+customizations don't affect the value of 'interprogram-paste-function',
+which should be 'gui-selection-value', even in -nw sessions.  In
+addition, you should make sure the font used by the Windows Terminal
+supports the characters you paste (the default font set by Windows
+should be okay).  For best results, we also recommend to set the console
+codepage to 65001, which is the UTF-8 codepage.  You can do that with
+the following command, which should be done _before_ running Emacs on
+the Windows Terminal:
+
+  c:\> chcp 65001
+
 ** Pasting from Windows clipboard into Emacs doesn't work.
 
 This was reported to be the result of an anti-virus software blocking