On Thu Nov23'23 04:01:08PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > From: Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:01:08 -0500 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: OT: X11: how to make cut-and-paste with mouse also work on > every window > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:03:14 -0600 > Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > > > Is there a way to set this up so that it can work reliably on every window? > > I'm pretty sure the answer is "no" unfortunately. How windows operate > on keystrokes and mouse buttons is up to the individual apps. > > Some apps can be convinced to work differently. For instance I have > this xterm line in my .Xdefaults: > > XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override <Btn1Up>: select-end(PRIMARY, CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER0) > > That makes xterm place anything I select in every possible form > of cut buffer or selection (why are there 3, who knows? :-). so I > can at least paste things from xterm into any other app using whatever > technique that app wants. I see, thank you very much for this! I will try this and see how things go. It used to be the case, that the cut and paste using the mouse left button and the middle button (also shift-insert keys) used to work pretty much everywhere, and now, it is a hit-or-miss depending on the application. Too bad! Thanks again! Best wishes, Ranjan -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
