On 24Feb2011 15:04, Yong Huang <yong321@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I'd like to change the behavior of X Windows from copying when you | select (highlight), ideally to copying when you press Control-C and | pasting when you press Control-V. The man page for xterm has these lines | as example: | | *VT100*translations: #override \n\ | ~Shift~Ctrl<Btn2Up>: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\ | Shift~Ctrl<Btn2Up>: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER1) \n\ | ~Shift<BtnUp>: select-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\ | Shift<BtnUp>: select-end(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER1) | | which I added to ~/.Xdefaults. With that, I can't figure out how to | copy. If I got that to work, I think I could change the left column to | Ctrl-C... Any suggestion? Is that the right way to go? Firstly, I would choose other key bindings. ^C is used to send SIGINT (interrupt) in most termoinal environments and ^V is used for "literal-next", to say "do not treat the next keystroke specially. For example, since ^C sends interrupt, if you wanted to embed a literal ^C in a command you would type ^V^C, and the ^C would then not send interrupt but be passed to the running program as byte 3. So I would recommend binding to Alt-C and Alt-V (or Meta). So maybe (untested): ~Shift Alt <KeyPress> XK_C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER1) Notice that PRIMARY and CUT_BUFFER0 are used for the "old"/"normal" x11 cut/paste scheme where selection and copy are synonymous, and that CLIPBOARD and CUT_BUFFER1 are used for "pc/mac style" where selection and coipy are distinct activities. The two schemes can and do co-exist. Confusing perhaps, but it offers choice to the user. FInally, on many terminals Shift-Insert is bound to paste already, which may save you bothering to binding Alt-V. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. --Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
