"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 see how useless the "first method" is when you can't cut/paste consistently between different programs (cut/copy some text, then try to paste it into gnome/kde/gtk/qt applications).
xchat is typical software that doesn't do the "edit" menu. http://xchat.org/faq/#q24 (nor does it provide keyboard mapping for cut/copy/paste - your WM or OS must do that). The standards doc might be anal about what is "first" and "second", but in the real world the "second way" is what seems to be universal. On Nov 15, 2007 10:16 PM, Miernik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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: http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html > > -- > Miernik > http://miernik.name/ > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
