Bug#277832: #277832 xterm: copy/paste of non-ISO-8859-1 characters between uxterm windows
On 2004-12-19 06:50:34 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >How should I change them? Does select-extend() work without a
> >select-start() first?
>
> no - how would it know where the selection started?
So, I don't see how to configure xterm so that a left click
doesn't throw away the primary selection (while still allowing
to perform a selection).
> >The primary selection should be kept as long as a new selection isn't
> >started (from xterm or another application).
>
> That's too vague for me to see how to proceed. I suggest you create a new
> (wishlist) bug report describing in detail the new functionality which you
> would like to see in xterm. An accompanying patch (which doesn't modify
> the existing mechanism) would be appreciated.
Perhaps the way that gnome-terminal behaves, for instance.
I don't think that I am able to write a patch unfortunately,
but I could look at the source to know if I can do something.
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