This is an upstream bug. I'm not sure it's even really a bug. I also have a trackpad. I would like to help George Nachman with it if I could reproduce it, but as I also do not have a mouse, I cannot.
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52078 should be closed as wontfix. —Mark _______________________ Mark E. Anderson <e...@emer.net> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Angelo Graziosi <angelo.grazi...@alice.it> wrote: > I think I have described the issue in details (just read the bug report I > sent to MacPorts people...). > > In any case, this is another short description: in a clean installation > ("tabula rasa"), even if the middle button should paste from clipboard, it > does not, it only pastes if text is still selected (highlighted). To have > the pasting working with middle button, one has first to install iTerm2 2.X > then 3.X. > > If you wonfix it, I do not see for which reason one has to continue in > using iTerm2: the issue I described breaks the usefulness to use iTerm2 on > macOS... > > > Il 23/12/2016 20:58, George Nachman ha scritto: > >> If you're experiencing this problem please file an issue at >> https://iterm2.com/bugs and include a debug log as instructed in the >> issue >> template. I don't own a mouse (trackpad only) so I can't test exactly what >> you're doing. >> >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 2:12 AM, Angelo Graziosi < >> angelo.grazi...@alice.it> >> wrote: >> >> The same occurs with 3.0.13. Same issue same workaround. To see the issue >>> you have to start with a clean configuration, as if iTerm2 were started >>> for >>> the first time. >>> >>> For details see: >>> >>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52078 >>> >>> >>> Angelo >>> >>> >>> Il 23/09/2016 11:08, Angelo Graziosi ha scritto: >>> >>> I have double checked and I can confirm that 3.0.9 has the same issues >>>> with copy/paste. Have you tried cleaning the iTerm2 configuration? >>>> Otherwise the issues could remain hidden... >>>> >>>> >>>> Here I clean the configuration with (ALL from Terminal.app having closed >>>> iTerm2): >>>> >>>> find . -name "*term2*" >>>> find . -name "*term2*" -delete >>>> >>>> repeat : 'find . -name "*term2*"' maybe there still is an iterm* folder >>>> to delete manually. Then continue cleaning with: >>>> >>>> find . -name "*erm2*" >>>> rm -rf Library/Application\ Support/iTerm2 >>>> >>>> find . -name "*Term*" >>>> rm -rf Library/Application\ Support/iTerm >>>> >>>> In short: delete all things regarding iter/iTerm/iterm2/iTerm2. >>>> >>>> restart OSX (macOS), i.e. reboot. >>>> >>>> Now start iTerm2. Select, for example, the word 'console'. Now the word >>>> is selected and you can paste it with mouse wheel. That is OK. >>>> >>>> Now click in an empty space in iTerm2 so that 'console' is not selected >>>> any more. Now pasting does not work! >>>> >>>> This is the reason why copy/pasting between tabs does not work: in the >>>> other tab there is not selection. >>>> >>>> In short, now (>= 3.0.5) pasting works as long as the text remain >>>> selected. When it becomes unselected the pasting does not work any more. >>>> >>>> But this is of no use for the user. >>>> >>>> To restore the old behavior also with 3.x, I, first, have to reinstall >>>> an old version like 2.1 of iTerm2, then 3.x (see my previous post). >>>> >>>> Angelo >>>> >>>> >>>> Il 22/09/2016 23:28, Angelo Graziosi ha scritto: >>>> >>>> As I wrote, 3.0.9 has the same issue. >>>>> >>>>> Il 22/09/2016 18:46, George Nachman ha scritto: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> [...] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Since the issue appears only with a scratch installation of >>>>>>> OSX/MacPorts/iTerm2 and NOT in the upgrade 2.x --> 3.x (I tried also >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> 3.0.9), it seems there is some option in enabled in 2.x and disabled >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Angelo. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
