On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:48:32PM +0200, Frank Brodbeck wrote: > > > This isn't as consistent as one'd hope it to be. For instance, selecting > > > + middle-clicking works fine between xxxterm and xterm (both ways) but > > > right-clicking + "copy link location" + middle-clicking in xterm doesn't. > > > > > > > An OS-wide copy/paste buffer would be swell. > > There is one, actually with PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD there are two that I > know off. Selecting stuff sends it to PRIMARY, middle-click pastes from > PRIMARY. Your right-click + "copy link location" - or ctrl + c in some > applications - sends stuff to CLIPBOARD. If you want to paste from > CLIPBOARD into xterm you can either install xclip or you can > adjust your .Xdefaults: > > XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \ > ShiftInsert: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\ > Insert: insert-selection(PRIMARY) \n\ > Shift: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\ > Shift: select-start() \n\ > Shift: select-extend() \n\ > Shift: select-end(CLIPBOARD) > > Among other stuff, this lets you paste via Shift + Insert stuff from > your CLIPBOARD. As a reference see xclipboard(1) and xterm(1). > > Frank. > > -- > Frank Brodbeck <f...@guug.de> >
Thanks Alexander Polakov and Frank Brodbeck! I like the idea of merely adding a few lines in my .Xdefaults. Mike
