On 2024-05-15, Michael wrote:
>
> There are 3 'cliboards', known as selections, I know of:
>
> 1. Primary - you select some text by holding down your left mouse button (or
> Shift+arrow) and you paste it with your middle button (or Shift+Insert -
> depending on application).
>
> 2. Secondary -
On 2024-05-15, Michael wrote:
> On Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:37:22 BST Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2024-05-15, Michael wrote:
>
>> > The Clipboard may be stored in RAM or cache of any applications
>> > which use this method.
>>
>> AFAICT, the clipboard contents is stored in the X server. When
On Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:37:22 BST Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2024-05-15, Michael wrote:
> > The Clipboard may be stored in RAM or cache of any applications
> > which use this method.
>
> AFAICT, the clipboard contents is stored in the X server. When you
> cut/copy something, the application
On 2024-05-15, Michael wrote:
> As far as I know the Primary selection is not stored anywhere -
> other than within the application's memory space where the range of
> characters have been selected. The xserver will call for this when
> you middle click to paste it on another application's
On 2024-05-15, Dale wrote:
>> Or just select some empty space in an application, to overwrite your
>> previous
>> selection.
>
> Well, since it works, something is acting as a clipboard.
It's part of the X server. Same for the two selections.
> It doesn't seem to be xclip in my case.
On 2024-05-15, Dale wrote:
> I thought that too. I highlighted some text in a Konsole and then
> looked in the KDE clipboard, what I highlighted was not there.
>
> It wasn't there after I pasted it either. It goes to a clipboard
> somewhere but it appears it only remembers one entry then
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