On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 09:59:03PM -0700, Karsten M. Self decreed: > on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 06:50:52AM -0400, Sunny Dubey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > how do I get Xfree86 to not automatically copy everything that I highlight > > with my cursor? > > That *is* X behavior, by design. I don't know of any way to disable it. > > Under X, there's no separate keystroke combination required for > cut'n'paste. You just swipe to copy, then hit the 2nd (middle) mouse > button to paste. After doing this for about three minutes, any other > method simply sucks.
---end quoted text--- The only issue I have with the X behavior is that I can't figure out to efficiently perform a replacement paste. E.g. If you want to paste a URL into a browser in Windoze you'd select the current URL and paste over it. In X once you select the text you want to replace it becomes the new copied text. I had some success using gclipper, because it allowed me to access a stack of copied text items. Is there a better way? Cheers, Steve -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Cooper Redmond, WA
