From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 27 21:12:27 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14E9616A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:12:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp1.versatel.nl (smtp1.versatel.nl [62.58.50.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3518C43D39 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:12:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from f.staals@zonnet.nl) Received: (qmail 6523 invoked by uid 10); 27 Feb 2005 21:12:24 -0000 Received: (vexira-qq 06516-F7994717 invoked from network) 27 Feb 2005 22:12:24 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.2.5]) ([62.59.173.176]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp1.versatel.nl (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for < >; 27 Feb 2005 21:12:24 -0000 Message-ID: <422237F5.6030402@zonnet.nl> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:13:25 +0100 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20041016) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adam McMaster References: <20050227201609.33039.qmail@web53307.mail.yahoo.com> <5372f2136601e0d608faf4d6d95426d8@moosoft.net> In-Reply-To: <5372f2136601e0d608faf4d6d95426d8@moosoft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.29.0.7; VDF: 6.29.0.100; host: postbode01.zonnet.nl) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Joe Schmoe Subject: Re: How can I cut and paste from xterm _into_ another program ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:12:27 -0000 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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