On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:12:03PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:46:52AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 11:08:33PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > > I do that all the time, and it ALWAYS works. The only problem I have is: > > > > 1. Select Text 1. Select text > > 2. 2. Hit Ctrl-C > > 3. Select Text 3. Select Text > > 4. Middle Click 4. Hit Ctrl-V > > That doesn't work. You're mixing selections (the left side) with the > clipboard (the right side). Do it all with the clipboard, and it works.
Reformatted: What windows teaches you to do: 1. Select text to copy 2. Ctl-C 3. Select text to replace 4. Ctl-V Convert to the 'X11 way': 1. Select text to copy 2. Select text to replace 3. Btn2 click which doesn't work. > > You can see how an ex-Windozer can have problems. > > No, actually, I can't, because I see no reason why this supposed ex-Windows > user would even try to use *selections*. He would have no clue that you > could move text around just by selecting it. Actually, I was referring to myself. > He would expect the clipboard in X to work the same way it does in Windows, > and he'd be justified, because it more or less does. > This is why idiots who tell people that selections are the same thing > as the clipboard should be shot. Agreed. > > > The PRIMARY and SECONDARY selections are orthagonal to CLIPBOARD. > > Yet, Xterm selections go into both. > > Yes, the default configuration for xterm is that it both asserts PRIMARY, > and copies the selected text to CLIPBOARD. Not that it's hard to change > that, but that's what it does by default. > > What $RANDOM_APPLICATION does, however, when presented with > middle-mouse-click, is not defined by any standard, but by the individual > application. > > It may try to paste PRIMARY (Mozilla), it may try to paste CLIPBOARD (vim), > or it may try to paste PRIMARY and then try to paste CLIPBOARD if it can't > get PRIMARY (xterm). "Standards are great - there are soo many of them to chose from!" - unremembered webpage Yikes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
