Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-16 Thread hkml
Miernik wrote: No, read this: http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html Thanks for the link: now I know that my ideas of how copying works are close to reality. I will continue looking for a solution. If I find something, I will post it here. Cheers, Heinz -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-16 Thread hkml
Bryan Whitehead wrote: X11 programs have a second way of copying and pasting text, so the first method is not a hack (sorry), however, many X11 applications do not bother with the first method. For example, xterm doesn't have an edit, copy, or paste on all flavors of unix - try using them in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-16 Thread Bryan Whitehead
X11 programs have a second way of copying and pasting text, so the first method is not a hack (sorry), however, many X11 applications do not bother with the first method. For example, xterm doesn't have an edit, copy, or paste on all flavors of unix - try using them in dtterm on Solaris and you'll

[gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-15 Thread Miernik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If so, then it seems that for me mouse-selection and Ctrl-c write into the same buffer. Can anyone give me a hint, where to look for the possibility to change this behaviour? Very interesting, my Gentoo machine is currently X-less so I can't test it, but I'd like such

[gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-15 Thread Miernik
Bryan Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the default behavior of X. Highlighting IS copying to the clipboard. Also, middle-click (or whatever is mapped to your 3rd mouse button) is paste. This is just how X works. Getting around this is a hack in itself. No, read this: