Bug#277832: #277832 xterm: copy/paste of non-ISO-8859-1 characters between uxterm windows

[Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>]

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> On 2004-12-17 13:27:40 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> When I tried with the latest Debian version, neither of these
> conditions were satisfied (a click shouldn't be regarded as
> starting a selection). So, the bug is still there.

It's been documented that way for (hmm) 15 years (man xterm):

       The default bindings in the VT102 window are:

                   ~Meta <Btn1Down>:select-start() \n\
                 ~Meta <Btn1Motion>:select-extend() \n\
                    Meta <Btn2Down>:clear-saved-lines() \n\
               ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Up>:insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\

Likewise, it's always possible to change those settings in your resource 
file.  They're _default_ values.

> Also, if the screen is redrawn (e.g. in Mutt, when entering or
> quitting the pager, or in screen, when switching windows), the
> primary selection shouldn't be lost (for instance, xterm should
> put it in a safe place).

I cannot imagine where it might, since there's always the possiblity of
making a new primary selection.  Which (old or new) would be the correct
one?

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