On 10/13/2010 07:54 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > 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^) > I have been copying and pasting as I described above ever since the first X release on BSD. No control-shift-v and no control-shift-c . Just hightlight with left button and paste with middle button. No fuss and no mess :) :) -- 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
