On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 07:04:34AM +0000, Dave Selby wrote: > When using X, you can highlight text and copy it to another area via the > middle mouse button. > > Is there a buffer file that holds the highlighted text ? This would be very > usefull for passing URLs etc to the ctrl-alt-f1 command line. Sometimes Xterm > is not ideal because it ceases when the user is changed. The same goes for > the GUI ! > > Yep I am thinking of downloading long files via wget ! >
Have a read at what a horrible nightmare cut&paste is under X. http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html Consult man pages XFetchBuffer(3x), XStoreBuffer(3x) to learn how to manipulate the cut & paste buffer in X. --timball -- GPG key available on pgpkeys.mit.edu pub 1024D/511FBD54 2001-07-23 Timothy Lu Hu Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key fingerprint = B579 29B0 F6C8 C7AA 3840 E053 FE02 BB97 511F BD54 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]