Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:13:25 +0100 From: Frank Staals <f.staals@zonnet.nl> To: Adam McMaster <adam@moosoft.net> Cc: Joe Schmoe <non_secure@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: How can I cut and paste from xterm _into_ another program ? Message-ID: <422237F5.6030402@zonnet.nl> In-Reply-To: <5372f2136601e0d608faf4d6d95426d8@moosoft.net> References: <20050227201609.33039.qmail@web53307.mail.yahoo.com> <5372f2136601e0d608faf4d6d95426d8@moosoft.net>
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Adam McMaster wrote: > > On 27 Feb 2005, at 20:16, Joe Schmoe wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am using a very vanilla XFree86 installation on fbsd >> 5.3. I am using ratpoison as my window manager. >> >> If I highlight text in an xterm, it is immediately in >> my buffer, and I can paste it into that xterm, or any >> other xterm. Further, if I copy text in my web >> browser, I can paste it into all my xterms. >> >> However, I cannot take text that I copied in my xterm >> and paste it into my browser (opera). Why is this ? >> >> Why can I go in one direction (paste from opera into >> xterm) but not the other (paste from xterm into opera) >> ? >> >> thanks. > > > What're you doing to paste? Middle-click should work fine. > > > -- > - Adam McMaster <adam@moosoft.net> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Copy: select the text: Paste: middle mouseclick. If you got a 2 button mouse it you most probably have to do this: left and right click at the same time. Good Luck
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