[gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-15 Thread Miernik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If so, then it seems that for me mouse-selection and Ctrl-c write into > the same buffer. Can anyone give me a hint, where to look for the > possibility to change this behaviour? Very interesting, my Gentoo machine is currently X-less so I can't test it, but I'd like suc

[gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-15 Thread Miernik
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-16 Thread hkml
Miernik wrote: No, read this: http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html Thanks for the link: now I know that my ideas of how copying works are close to reality. I will continue looking for a solution. If I find something, I will post it here. Cheers, Heinz -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing lis

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-16 Thread hkml
Bryan Whitehead wrote: "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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with clipboard separation

2007-11-16 Thread Bryan Whitehead
"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