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Re: How to customize keys under X?



Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for your information.  But AFAIK you are using "primary
> selection".  The primary selection is separate from the clipboard.  Its
> contents are more “fragile”; they are overwritten each time you select
> text with the mouse, whereas the clipboard is only overwritten by
> explicit “cut” or “copy” commands.  What I want is making use of the
> "clipboard" for cutting, copying, and pasting, i.e., the job done by
> Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c, and Ctrl+v usually.

I'm pretty sure all that can be accomplished with xbindkeys.  I use
only to call applications with the keyboard so I personally do not
know how to copy/past etc with it.

You mentioned that xbindkeys wouldn't work... what happened when you
tried it?


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