On 2013-12-21 20:53 +0100, Stephen Powell wrote: > I am having trouble copying text from an xterm window into another > application, > such as iceweasel, and vice versa. When I was using GNOME, this worked fine > between gnome-terminal and other applications.
How exactly did you copy the text? > But I'm using XFCE now, and > xterm seems to be the default terminal emulator application under XFCE. Nothing stops you from using gnome-terminal under XFCE, I supposeā¦ > Before you tell me that "Google is my friend", or some other trite brush-off > saying, let me tell you that I have done my homework on this. I have searched > the internet. I have learned about the difference between the PRIMARY buffer > and the CLIPBOARD buffer, I have learned about settings to put in .Xdefaults, > etc. But none of the techniques I have found work for me. I use a > traditional > PS/2 mouse. It has two, and only two, mouse buttons. It has no thumbwheel. > > Has anyone succeeded in getting this to work in a Debian XFCE environment? I don't use XFCE, but I have set xterm's selectToClipboard resource to true, meaning that text you select in xterm can be pasted into other applications with Ctrl-V, and Shift-Ins pastes text from the clipboard into xterm. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87lhzene2v....@turtle.gmx.de