On 8/8/16, Stefan Wollny <[email protected]> wrote: >> Gesendet: Montag, 08. August 2016 um 21:36 Uhr >> Von: "Mihai Popescu" <[email protected]> >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: Copy-Paste not possible from a xterm >> >> > For some time now I cannot copy-paste text from a xterm window by >> > simultaneously \ >> > pressing left and right mouse buttons. >> >> > Anyone an idea? >> >> Um, carpal tunnel syndrome? >> > Nice - but no. > >> I know somebody unable to double click after a heavy drinking night. >> But he was able to manage this by clicking one time followed by Enter >> key. So, no panic. >> > Looks to me that I missed to find the right words to explain the issue > correctly. My bad. > > New try: > I open an xterm and e.g. want to see the content of /etc/fstab. So I issue > $ cat /etc/fstab > > Now I want to copy one line to thunderbird or a web client via firefox. I > used to do this by marking the relevant line, change to the other > application (say: the web client) and press left and right mouse buttons > simultaneously. Until some time ago this procedure inserted the marked-up > line at the position of the cursor. No double-click, no Enter. Standard Unix > - right?
Can you paste the "copied" line into the same xterm or another xterm window using your outlined procedure? --patrick > Exactly this procedure is disfunct on my system. No idea why, no idea where > to look at. No big thing, just wondering if I missed s.th. or else. > > I know how to circumvent this non-behaviour in most cases. > > Just wanted to know if s.o. else witnessed the same and maybe has an answer. > Maybe I need to additionally post some specific settings I am not aware of. > > OK? > > Best, > STEFAN
