Hi again. > My usage is that I do use them as two separate entities. When I select > with the mouse, I will paste with the MMB. When I Ctrl+C, I Ctrl+V.
> This is especially interesting when using the clipboard to replace stuff: > select with mouse (sets PRIMARY), Ctrl+C (sets CLIPBOARD), select > destination (sets PRIMARY again), Ctrl+V (pastes CLIPBOARD). Then you will be happy to know that my proposal (, mr. Weinbergs original proposal and the legacy way) serves your use cases perfectly. > If selecting with the mouse set the CLIPBOARD, then the above operation > would have resulted in a no-op. > And the reason the above behaviour should be kept is that this is what > people coming from that other operating system expect. Those who didn't > use X11 in the old days aren't used to the behaviour you describe. If > everything they select with the mouse turns into a Copy-to-clipboard, > they'll be very annoyed. Yes. That's why I didn't suggest it in first place (and neither did Weinberg). :-) > I'm still trying, though, to come up with a good use-case where > clipboard-to-primary transfer would be a bad idea. Okay. I hope that such does not exist. I also hope that, if one exists someone will find it and bring it up. :-) --Toni
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