On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 01:06:36PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2004-12-31 04:34:13 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Well, let's call this bug what it is, then. > > Note that gnome-terminal isn't the only application that keeps the > primary selection when it is no longer highlighted. Mozilla, Opera > and Emacs all have the same behavior. > > And I don't think this is a wishlist since there's a big and > unacceptable inconsistency: xterm throws the primary selection, > but doesn't clear the cut buffer. This leads to confusion, and > possible data corruption (for this reason, I would see it as an > important bug at least). I still want to hear what Thomas Dickey as to say about this. I'm also not sure the semantics of selections vs. cut buffers are as you describe. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Please do not look directly into branden@debian.org | laser with remaining eye. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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