On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, Lucas wrote:
> Brian Durant <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have installed OpenBSD 7.1 i386 on my Lenovo T60 and am experiencing a
> > couple of issues. The first is related to the following addition that I
> > made to my .Xdefaults file, which works with OpenBSD 7.1 amd64 installs,
> > but not with the OpenBSD 7.1 i386 install on my Lenovo T60:
> > XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override\
> > Ctrl Shift <Key> C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
> > Ctrl Shift <Key> V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)
> > Any ideas how to get copy and paste working in Xterm with an i386 install?
>
> I don't know if it's relevant, but my Xdefaults looks like this
>
> XTerm.VT100.translations: #override \n\
> Ctrl Alt <Key>C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
> Ctrl Alt <Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
> [...other stuff...]
>
> In particular, do note the "\n" after #override, which isn't present in
> your snippet. This works fine for me.
>
> Also, vi(1) is showing \xc2\xa0 before your lines, which I don't know
> if it's product of your MUA or if it's actually part of the file (it's
> a non-breaking space, aka in XML/HTML), do double-check the
> whitespaces in there.
>
> -Lucas
Thanks for the reply. Trying a different MUA. Not sure where the extra
characters that you mention crept in, however they weren't in the
.Xdefaults file as far as I could see. I added the extra "\n\" in the last
line as suggested, but weirdly this had no effect. Still no copy-paste in
i386.
