On 2004-12-17 13:27:40 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > There aren't that many choices - the primary selection is only owned by > one application at a time. I reduced(*) xterm's tendency to give it up, > but > > if another application asserts it, or > > you start a new selection, or
The first point is a particular case of the second point. > something updates the xterm window where it's highlighted for > the selection > > then the primary selection is lost - there's no standard mechanism to get > it back again. When I tried with the latest Debian version, neither of these conditions were satisfied (a click shouldn't be regarded as starting a selection). So, the bug is still there. Also, if the screen is redrawn (e.g. in Mutt, when entering or quitting the pager, or in screen, when switching windows), the primary selection shouldn't be lost (for instance, xterm should put it in a safe place). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
