On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, Norbert Preining wrote: > Are you sure that you do not have some clipboard-selection program > running like clipman that might interfer?
I just tested on a mostly freshly rebooted system, and the only such program to interfere is klipper, which is not started. I tested it like this: tglase@tglase:~ $ echo pri | xsel -p tglase@tglase:~ $ echo sec | xsel -s tglase@tglase:~ $ echo cli | xsel -b Then I hit “info gcc”, pressed ‘/’. Simple middle-click does nothing. Shift-middle-click inserts “cli” and Enter (I should have used “echo -n” maybe). xsel(1) sets *only* the selection chosen on the command line. Changing the order of the commands (reversing) is indifferent. So, yes, I am 100% sure that Shift-Middleclick in info(1) currently inserts the CLIPBOARD and not the PRIMARY selection, greatly inconveniencing classical Unix text tool users. Note: all tests were run in screen inside xterm; relevant $TERM variables are “xterm” and “screen” (not “screen.xterm”), though that only matters for info(1) as xterm itself (and screen, obviously) don’t set the selections in this example. bye, //mirabilos -- tarent solutions GmbH Rochusstraße 2-4, D-53123 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Tel: +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB 5168 (AG Bonn) • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg
