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Re: Copy and Paste between xterm and other windows in a Debian XFCE environment



On 20131221_212840, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2013-12-21 20:53 +0100, Stephen Powell wrote:
> 
> > I am having trouble copying text from an xterm window into another application,
> > such as iceweasel, and vice versa.  When I was using GNOME, this worked fine
> > between gnome-terminal and other applications.
> 
> How exactly did you copy the text?
> 
> > But I'm using XFCE now, and
> > xterm seems to be the default terminal emulator application under XFCE.
> 
> Nothing stops you from using gnome-terminal under XFCE, I suppose…

I use gnome-terminal with Xfce with no problems. I like it because I know
where the configuation parameter values are stored ( in .gconf ) and I have
developed a collection of named preference sets which I use for different
tasks. One does NOT have to have the whole of Gnome installed to use Gnome
terminal. 

> 
> > Before you tell me that "Google is my friend", or some other trite brush-off
> > saying, let me tell you that I have done my homework on this.  I have searched
> > the internet.  I have learned about the difference between the PRIMARY buffer
> > and the CLIPBOARD buffer, I have learned about settings to put in .Xdefaults,
> > etc.  But none of the techniques I have found work for me.  I use a traditional
> > PS/2 mouse.  It has two, and only two, mouse buttons.  It has no thumbwheel.
> >
> > Has anyone succeeded in getting this to work in a Debian XFCE environment?
> 
> I don't use XFCE, but I have set xterm's selectToClipboard resource to
> true, meaning that text you select in xterm can be pasted into other
> applications with Ctrl-V, and Shift-Ins pastes text from the clipboard
> into xterm.
> 
> Cheers,
>        Sven
> 
> 
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