On 15 Jan 2002 13:50:21 -0600 Dave Sherman wrote:

>On the other hand (and I think this is more likely), you may be doing it
>"wrong". For example, the standard X Window method of copying and
>pasting takes two steps:
>1. Highlight the text you want to copy. This will automatically place
>the text in a clipboard buffer.
>2. Place your cursor where you want to paste the text, and click the
>middle mouse button.

Yup, that was it.

>The Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V convention is really a Mac/Windows thing. It is
>supported by some X Window software (pretty much anything using QT
>and/or KDE libs, and I think also GTK), but not all.
>....
>I suspect this is the issue you are running into.

That explains it!

Thanks for your help,

Paul
... feeling somewhat sheepish

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