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"X11 programs have a second way of copying and pasting text", so the |
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first method is not a hack (sorry), however, many X11 applications do |
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not bother with the first method. For example, xterm doesn't have an |
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"edit", "copy", or "paste" on all flavors of unix - try using them in |
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dtterm on Solaris and you'll see how useless the "first method" is |
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when you can't cut/paste consistently between different programs |
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(cut/copy some text, then try to paste it into gnome/kde/gtk/qt |
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applications). |
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xchat is typical software that doesn't do the "edit" menu. |
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http://xchat.org/faq/#q24 (nor does it provide keyboard mapping for |
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cut/copy/paste - your WM or OS must do that). |
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The standards doc might be anal about what is "first" and "second", |
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but in the real world the "second way" is what seems to be universal. |
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On Nov 15, 2007 10:16 PM, Miernik <public@×××××××.name> wrote: |
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> Bryan Whitehead <driver@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > This is the default behavior of X. Highlighting IS copying to the |
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> > clipboard. Also, middle-click (or whatever is mapped to your 3rd mouse |
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> > button) is paste. This is just how X works. Getting around this is a |
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> > hack in itself. |
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> No, read this: http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html |
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> Miernik |
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> http://miernik.name/ |
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