Ethan Grammatikidis dixit (2011-04-04, 17:23): > > In my standard X environment most programs accept the convention, > > that MMB *and* shift-insert insert the selection, while whichever > > program supports the clipboard it has some clipboard shortcut (and > > those two do not overlap). > > I just tested with 2 Gtk apps - mousepad (XFCE editor) and Opera. In > both, shift-insert inserts the clipboard not the selection. I don't > know whether to say "some standard" or hate on Gtk.
Yeah, gtk2/opera only insert the selection with middle mouse click. > Shift-insert does insert the selection in rxvt, at least, but it > would be much more useful to me if it inserted the clipboard as > Opera doesn't change the selection if you select with the keyboard > or copy a link. That's why I have the mod4-c shortcut – exactly for turning opera-copied links into a shift-insert insertable selection. > This selection business is all FUBARED, and I blame Gtk in the first > place for not doing applying any rational thought to the situation > more than 10 years ago. Selection seems to have been treated as X legacy stuff, without ever being given much though, unfortunately. Regards, -- [a]
