Most linux sw lets me mark text with the mouse, and then click the
middle mouse button in some other window in order to paste it there. No
wading through "cut/paste menus", this is one of the strengths of the X
windowing system.
I have no problem pasting terminal text into LyX (or using special paste
to deal with line endings). But how do I go the other way? Sometimes, I
want to mark a paragraph or two in LyX, and paste it into vim or
something else running in an xterm. But that doesn't work, nothing
happens. If I have copy-pasted text within that terminal before, the old
text is pasted instead of what I marked in LyX.
Doesn't LyX put marked text on the clipboard?
I understand that there will be limitations - LyX supports formatting
and the terminal only handles text. Still, I have no problem pasting
from openoffice into xterm, vim or gvim.
Currently, the only way I can copy text out of LyX 2.2.2 is by exporting
an ascii file, or opening the .lyx file in a text editor. Which is
cumbersome for extracting a paragraph from a much longer document.
Is this a bug? Or do I need to change some setup to get this functionality?
Helge Hafting
