How can I cut and paste from xterm _into_ another program ?

[Adam McMaster]

On 27 Feb 2005, at 20:16, Joe Schmoe wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using a very vanilla XFree86 installation on fbsd
> 5.3.  I am using ratpoison as my window manager.
>
> If I highlight text in an xterm, it is immediately in
> my buffer, and I can paste it into that xterm, or any
> other xterm.  Further, if I copy text in my web
> browser, I can paste it into all my xterms.
>
> However, I cannot take text that I copied in my xterm
> and paste it into my browser (opera).  Why is this ?
>
> Why can I go in one direction (paste from opera into
> xterm) but not the other (paste from xterm into opera)
> ?
>
> thanks.

What're you doing to paste?  Middle-click should work fine.


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