Re: [SOLVED] Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-23 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > I couldn't find any documented options in xorg.conf for emulating a > 3-button mouse with a 2-button mouse either. I remember that option > from older versions of the X server. These days, input devices, > such as keyboards and mice, are

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-23 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 21 Dec 2013 at 21:09:56 +, Tom H wrote: >> >> 2) OT: I don't use XFCE but isn't xfce4-terminal its default terminal? > > It is if task-xfce-desktop is installed (and recommends enabled): > > Recommends: xfprint4, xfce4-terminal, ...

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-23 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > > $ echo "XTerm*SelectToClipboard:true" >> ~/.Xresources > $ xrdb -m ~/.Xresources Much simpler than what I'd posted earlier. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20131221_212840, Sven Joachim wrote: > 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 othe

Re: [SOLVED] Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Stephen Powell wrote: > Installing xfce4-terminal worked for me. Actually, based on someone > else's post, I installed task-xfce-desktop, which brought in a whole > slew of stuff, including xfce4-terminal, then purged xterm, the lightdm* > stuff, and task-xfce-desktop itself, which has a dependenc

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Paul Cartwright wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Put XTerm*SelectToClipboard:true in your ~/.Xresources file for > > permanent configuration. > > > > $ echo "XTerm*SelectToClipboard:true" >> ~/.Xresources > > $ xrdb -m ~/.Xresources > > I don't have a .Xresources file.. in all my years of UNIX/Li

Re: [SOLVED] Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:32:23 -0500 (EST), Frank McCormick wrote: > >This works for me in xterm in .Xresources : > > XTerm*VT100.translations: #override : select-end(PRIMARY, > CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER0) > > Sorry it wrapped That's one I didn't try. But now that I have a solution by means of

Re: [SOLVED] Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Frank McCormick
On 21/12/13 07:18 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:24:00 -0500 (EST), Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2013-12-21 at 14:53 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: But I'm using XFCE now, and xterm seems to be the default terminal emulator application under XFCE. No, it's xfce4-terminal. Usin

[SOLVED] Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:24:00 -0500 (EST), Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sat, 2013-12-21 at 14:53 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: >> But I'm using XFCE now, and xterm seems to be the default terminal >> emulator application under XFCE. > > No, it's xfce4-terminal. Using xfce4-terminal shouldn't cause co

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 02:53:20PM -0500, 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. But I'm using XFCE no

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Paul Cartwright
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/21/2013 04:30 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> where do you set this?? > Either interactively with control-middle-mouse-drag down to "Select to > Clipboard" and check it _or_ set it in your .Xresources. > > man xterm > >selectToClipboard (clas

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Brian
On Sat 21 Dec 2013 at 21:09:56 +, Tom H wrote: > 2) OT: I don't use XFCE but isn't xfce4-terminal its default terminal? It is if task-xfce-desktop is installed (and recommends enabled): Recommends: xfprint4, xfce4-terminal, Installing xfce4: Depends: thunar (>= 1.2.0), xfc

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 12/21/2013 03:28 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > > 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 > > int

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-12-21 at 14:53 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > But I'm using XFCE now, and xterm seems to be the default terminal > emulator application under XFCE. No, it's xfce4-terminal. Using xfce4-terminal shouldn't cause copy and paste issues. -- Windows 8 Pro floppy disk 1 http://lists.freebs

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 12/21/2013 03:28 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > 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. where do you set this??

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 7:53 PM, 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. But I'm using XFCE now, and >

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Sven Joachim
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?

Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Bob Proulx
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. But I'm using XFCE now, and xterm seems to be the > default term

Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment

2013-12-21 Thread Stephen Powell
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. But I'm using XFCE now, and xterm seems to be the default terminal emulator application under