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mumpf

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 95

[solved] icewm copy and paste (terminal)

copy and paste works perfectly between graphical programms (e.g. abiword and firefox). However if I mark something in xterm I can't copy and paste to another application, like an editor or abiword.

I don't have this problem in xfce: copy in the terminal and paste somewhere else works.

What can I do?

Last edited by mumpf (2008-01-18 21:32:44)

Gilneas

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 320

Re: [solved] icewm copy and paste (terminal)

You could research the problem further with xsel. Find out what exactly is in which paste buffer.

xsel -o -p (primary (mark with mouse, middle click))
xsel -o -s (secundary (I forgot))
xsel -o -b (clipboard (ctrl+c, ctrl+v))

mumpf

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 95

Re: [solved] icewm copy and paste (terminal)

sorry, but I have a 2-button wheel mouse. I will search some more xsel details myself, thanks.

Edit: http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/softwar … el.1x.html Here they are.

I have replaced xterm by xfce-terminal. Now I can copy and paste without any problems.

Last edited by mumpf (2008-01-18 21:36:25)

Hinux

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Registered: 2007-08-26

Posts: 9

Re: [solved] icewm copy and paste (terminal)

in xterm... paste: Shift+Insert
                copy: Ctrl+Insert

phrakture

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Re: [solved] icewm copy and paste (terminal)

Most terminals follow the traditional manner of unix copy/paste, not the windows manner.

Windows style: highlight text, press a key to copy, move somewhere else, press a key to paste
Unix style: highlight text, move somewhere else, middle click to paste

Middle clicking should automatically paste the "selection buffer".

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