On 20131221_212840, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-12-21 20:53 +0100, Stephen Powell wrote: > > > I am having trouble copying text from an xterm window into another > > application, > > such as iceweasel, and vice versa. When I was using GNOME, this worked fine > > between gnome-terminal and other applications. > > How exactly did you copy the text? > > > But I'm using XFCE now, and > > xterm seems to be the default terminal emulator application under XFCE. > > Nothing stops you from using gnome-terminal under XFCE, I suppose…
I use gnome-terminal with Xfce with no problems. I like it because I know where the configuation parameter values are stored ( in .gconf ) and I have developed a collection of named preference sets which I use for different tasks. One does NOT have to have the whole of Gnome installed to use Gnome terminal. > > > Before you tell me that "Google is my friend", or some other trite brush-off > > saying, let me tell you that I have done my homework on this. I have > > searched > > the internet. I have learned about the difference between the PRIMARY > > buffer > > and the CLIPBOARD buffer, I have learned about settings to put in > > .Xdefaults, > > etc. But none of the techniques I have found work for me. I use a > > traditional > > PS/2 mouse. It has two, and only two, mouse buttons. It has no thumbwheel. > > > > Has anyone succeeded in getting this to work in a Debian XFCE environment? > > I don't use XFCE, but I have set xterm's selectToClipboard resource to > true, meaning that text you select in xterm can be pasted into other > applications with Ctrl-V, and Shift-Ins pastes text from the clipboard > into xterm. > > Cheers, > Sven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- Paul E Condon [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
