[plug] Dumb question

Paul Dean paul at canningcollege.wa.edu.au
Tue May 1 09:23:07 WST 2001


> > >While I'm here, how can I copy from an xterm into the clipboard to 
> paste into
> > >netscape ?
> > >
> > >Xterm to Xterm is easy. I have GPM loaded and I just highlight and middle
> > >click
> > >to paste, but I can't get it into netsacpe
> >
> > Netscape is "Alt+v" or goto "Edit/Paste"
>
>Hmm no-go. Only pastes what was last in the clipboard.
>Where my problem lies, is getting the selected text from the xterm into 
>the clipboard.

"selecting text" with the mouse, yes?
if so then it doesn't goto a clipboard it goes into the buffers, so you 
should be able to do a "middle" mouse button click to paste

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Paul Dean
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