hmm, on Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 04:24:52PM +0000, Matthew Szudzik said that > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 02:16:05PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > > hmm, on Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:45:49AM +0000, Matthew Szudzik said that > > > PRIMARY. So, if you've copied something to the CLIPBOARD in firefox, > > > then you won't be able to paste it in xterm. > > > > i disagree. > > > > shift+insert > > No, Shift-Insert does not work. Suppose you've copied "String1" to the > CLIPBOARD in firefox. That is, you've highlighted "String1" and pressed > Ctrl-C. Then suppose that you highlight some other string "String2". > (For example, you may have gone to the firefox "Save Page As..." dialog > box, which automatically highlights the title of the current page.) Now, > if you go to xterm and press Shift-Insert, you do not get "String1" > which is in the CLIPBOARD, but "String2" which is in the PRIMARY. > That's the problem!
i dont know what you call primary, secondary, but if i select a text in firefox, press ctrl+c, hover over xterm and press shift+insert, the text shows up in xterm. good enough for me. -f -- my muse turned out to be a dike
