Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:45:00 +0000 From: Adam McMaster <adam@moosoft.net> To: Joe Schmoe <non_secure@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I cut and paste from xterm _into_ another program ? Message-ID: <5372f2136601e0d608faf4d6d95426d8@moosoft.net> In-Reply-To: <20050227201609.33039.qmail@web53307.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050227201609.33039.qmail@web53307.mail.yahoo.com>
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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>
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