On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 02:16:05PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:45:49AM +0000, Matthew Szudzik said that > > PRIMARY. So, if you've copied something to the CLIPBOARD in firefox, > > then you won't be able to paste it in xterm. > > i disagree. > > shift+insert
No, Shift-Insert does not work. Suppose you've copied "String1" to the CLIPBOARD in firefox. That is, you've highlighted "String1" and pressed Ctrl-C. Then suppose that you highlight some other string "String2". (For example, you may have gone to the firefox "Save Page As..." dialog box, which automatically highlights the title of the current page.) Now, if you go to xterm and press Shift-Insert, you do not get "String1" which is in the CLIPBOARD, but "String2" which is in the PRIMARY. That's the problem! You can paste the PRIMARY to xterm, but you cannot paste the CLIPBOARD to xterm. (Unless you use xsel.)
