On 10/13/2010 10:04 PM, JD wrote: > On 10/13/2010 06:08 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> On 10/13/2010 03:42 PM, Alex wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> For some reason, simply highlighting text in a Terminal no longer >>> copies it to the buffer. I must right-click then select copy in order >>> for it to work. What changed? How can I fix this? >> AFAICT, when you highlight text with the mouse/touchpad, you can "copy" >> it only with the middle button (or both buttons on a two button >> mouse/touchpad). This is *not* the same as COPY/PASTE, but a similar >> functionality. You lose the ability to copy the highlighted text as >> soon as the highlight goes away (presumably by a click somewhere else). >> It is a function of X11. >> >>> I thought it might have something to do with screen, but it does it on >>> any tab, whether screen is being used or not. >> It still works for me in Fedora 12. What version are you running? >> >>> Thanks, >>> Alex > Well, on my system, all I have to do is highlight it > and it automatically is in the copy buffer, and I > can paste it with the middle button. Nope, I just tried it. I copied some text to the copy/paste buffer. Then I highlighted some text with the mouse. I clicked to paste the highlighted text, used ctrl-shift-v to paste the copy/paste buffer text, then clicked again to paste the highlighted text again. They are seperate and different on my system. This is the way I expect it to work, and has worked for me since *way* back in the X11-R3 days of the 1990's.... (I was using X11 on Sun workstations before Linus released his first version of linux on the free world. My first 5 1/4" disc was for linux-0.12, and that was before there was X11 support in Linux. B^) -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
