Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:50:59 +0200 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <arcade@ints.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I cut and paste from xterm _into_ another program ? (NOTE - I am not an IDIOT) Message-ID: <d01h5e$c11$3@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20050228173630.83467.qmail@web53305.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050228141942.32fc59c1@ale.varnet.bsd> <20050228173630.83467.qmail@web53305.mail.yahoo.com>
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Joe Schmoe wrote: > Hmmm...so instead of actually reading my post, several > folks have responded ... presumably just looking at > the words "cut" and "paste" in my post and responding > with a tutorial on how to use my mouse buttons. > Thanks. > > So I'll start all over. > > I am running X on fbsd 5.3, with ratpoison as my > window manager. I only run two apps - xterms (1 or 2 > or 3 of them) and opera (my web browser). > > I can cut text in my xterms by simply highlighting it, > and I can paste that text back into that xterm, or a > different xterm by clicking my right mouse button. So > yes, I know how to cut and paste thank you very much. > > I can also cut and paste in opera by selecting text > and choosing edit->copy from the menu - I can then > paste that text back into opera with edit->paste, or > shift+insert, and FURTHER, I can paste that text into > any of my xterms, with shift+insert OR with my right > mouse button. > > THE PROBLEM IS, if I cut text in an xterm, I cannot > paste it in opera. That is the only problem. > > So to recap, I know how to cut and paste - thanks. No > need for the mouse button tutorials. All I want to > know is, why can I not properly cut and paste from > xterm TO opera, when I can already do it successfully > gtom opera TO xterm ? > > Thanks. Hopefully anyone responding will actually > read the post this time. What encodings are you using? -- [WBR], Arcade. [SAT Astronomy/Think to survive!]
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