On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 04:58:02PM -0400, Matthew Carter wrote:
> Hi all (long time no mail),
> 
> I use the Shift + Insert keybind to paste my primary selection (whether
> selected text from urxvt or vimprobable2) and it pastes it perfectly
> back into the terminal, however Shift + Insert wants to insert the
> Clipboard contents on vimprobable2.
> 
> On firefox with Pentadactyl, the shift+insert also inserts the primary
> selection (however on Chromium, the vimprobable2 behavior is present,
> Shift+Insert dropping in the clipboard contents).
> 
> My laptop does not have a mouse or touchpad support to simulate mouse 3
> clicks, so this is the main way I move text around applications.
> 
> Is there a compilation time or other fix to make Shift+Insert default to
> pasting the primary selection?  (or any other keybind I could use for
> it)
> 
> I putzed around the webkit code a little bit for this, but could not
> find an answer.
> 
> The closest solution I have so far is running something like:
> 
>       xsel -po|xsel -bi
> 
> To copy the primary to the clipboard each time, but it seems a bit
> clunky.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Matt
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Carter
> [email protected]

If you mean pasting an URL then "p" should work. At least it works for
me.

If you want to paste into a form then probably the best way to do it to
use <CTRL-T>, open a terminal with an editor, and past it as you do it
usually in other terminals.

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