copy paste in freebsd

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Fri Mar 24 11:46:55 UTC 2006


Divya B <divya_bg at yahoo.co.in> writes:
> Here is the problem i am facing with freebsd.
>
> 1. copy some text from a file or any window
> 2. close the file or window
> 3. try pasting it in another place.

This is a limitation of the selection model in X.  Selections
disappear when the client that created them closes, and in most
editors (emacs being a notable exception) they disappear when you
close the file in which you made the selection.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no


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