On August 4, 2022 5:42:13 PM GMT+02:00, Brian Durant
<cont...@anarchosaxophonist.org> wrote:
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>On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, Lucas wrote:
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>> Brian Durant <cont...@anarchosaxophonist.org> wrote:
>> > I have installed OpenBSD 7.1 i386 on my Lenovo T60 and am experiencing a
>> > couple of issues. The first is related to the following addition that I
>> > made to my .Xdefaults file, which works with OpenBSD 7.1 amd64 installs,
>> > but not with the OpenBSD 7.1 i386 install on my Lenovo T60:
>> > XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override\
>> > Ctrl Shift <Key> C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
>> > Ctrl Shift <Key> V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)
>> > Any ideas how to get copy and paste working in Xterm with an i386 install?
>>
>> I don't know if it's relevant, but my Xdefaults looks like this
>>
>> XTerm.VT100.translations: #override \n\
>> Ctrl Alt <Key>C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
>> Ctrl Alt <Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
>> [...other stuff...]
>>
>> In particular, do note the "\n" after #override, which isn't present in
>> your snippet. This works fine for me.
>>
>> Also, vi(1) is showing \xc2\xa0 before your lines, which I don't know
>> if it's product of your MUA or if it's actually part of the file (it's
>> a non-breaking space, aka in XML/HTML), do double-check the
>> whitespaces in there.
>>
>> -Lucas
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>Thanks for the reply. Trying a different MUA. Not sure where the extra
>characters that you mention crept in, however they weren't in the
>.Xdefaults file as far as I could see. I added the extra "\n\" in the last
>line as suggested, but weirdly this had no effect. Still no copy-paste in
>i386.
It wasn't the last line that potentially lacked "\n\", it was the first one,
"#override\n\".
I suspect paste actually might already work. Did you try copying from, say,
Firefox, and then paste into an xterm?
I strongly believe this has nothing to do with the platform.
/Alexander
