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| From | Javier <javier@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: What is the XA_SECONDARY clipboard? |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.x |
| References | <o9n8a5$fd6$1@dont-email.me> <eli$1703081723@qz.little-neck.ny.us> |
| Message-ID | <wI-dnbqOac5kVRbDnZ2dnUU78K_NnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> (permalink) |
| Date | 2020-04-06 19:27 -0500 |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
In comp.os.linux.misc Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>> I am very familiar with the first two. What is XA_SECONDARY?
>> And how do I use it?
>
> $ tail -3 ~/.Xdefaults
> XTerm.vt100.translations: #override \n\
> <Key>KP_Subtract: insert-selection(SECONDARY) \n\
>
> $ echo "This is SECONDARY!" | xclip -selection secondary
> $ : now start a new xtem and hit key-pad minus
>
> You can also use the '-name NAME' option to xterm to have it look for
> default settings under a different name (NAME.vt100.translations) for
> those times when you want a mapping only for testing or some particular
> terminal based program.
>
> Elijah
> ------
> didn't figure out how to copy to SECONDARY from xterm
To copy to SECONDARY it would be:
$ tail -3 ~/.Xdefaults
XTerm.vt100.translations: #override \n\
<Key>KP_Subtract: insert-selection(SECONDARY) \n\
<Key>KP_Add: select-end(SECONDARY)
But I find secondary too confusing to use.
What I find more useful is to copy to clipboard holding the shift key
together with the mouse keys, as xterm by default only copies/paste to primary.
~Shift~Ctrl<Btn2Up>: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
Shift~Ctrl<Btn2Up>: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER1) \n\
~Shift <BtnUp> : select-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
Shift <BtnUp> : select-end(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER1) \n\
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Re: What is the XA_SECONDARY clipboard? Javier <javier@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-06 19:19 -0500
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Re: What is the XA_SECONDARY clipboard? Javier <javier@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-06 19:27 -0500
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