On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, Alexander Hall wrote:
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> On August 4, 2022 5:42:13 PM GMT+02:00, Brian Durant
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >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.
>
> It wasn't the last line that potentially lacked "\n\", it was the first one,
> "#override\n\".
>
> I suspect paste actually might already work. Did you try copying from, say,
> Firefox, and then paste into an xterm?
>
> I strongly believe this has nothing to do with the platform.
>
> /Alexander
Hmm. Thanks for the inspiration, but no, paste wasn't already working. I
have however, now got copy to work. Unfortunately, nothing I do seems to
sort paste out. Currently my snippet looks like this:
xterm.VT100.translations: #override \
Ctrl Shift <Key> C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
Ctrl Shift <Key> V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)
The "n\" that you have in he first line shouldn't make a difference as it
is a comment "#", isn't it? What causes me some concern, is the apparent
lack of consistent behavior between architectures on this minor, but irritating
issue.
