On Thu Nov23'23 04:01:08PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> From: Tom Horsley <horsley1...@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:01:08 -0500
> To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org
> Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: Re: OT: X11: how to make cut-and-paste with mouse also work on
>  every window
>
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:03:14 -0600
> Ranjan Maitra via users wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to set this up so that it can work reliably on every window?
>
> I'm pretty sure the answer is "no" unfortunately. How windows operate
> on keystrokes and mouse buttons is up to the individual apps.
>
> Some apps can be convinced to work differently. For instance I have
> this xterm line in my .Xdefaults:
>
> XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override <Btn1Up>: select-end(PRIMARY, CLIPBOARD, 
> CUT_BUFFER0)
>
> That makes xterm place anything I select in every possible form
> of cut buffer or selection (why are there 3, who knows? :-). so I
> can at least paste things from xterm into any other app using whatever
> technique that app wants.

I see, thank you very much for this! I will try this and see how things go. It 
used to be the case, that the cut and paste using the mouse left button  and 
the middle button (also shift-insert keys) used to work pretty much everywhere, 
and now, it is a hit-or-miss depending on the application.

Too bad!

Thanks again!

Best wishes,
Ranjan

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