From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 27 20:45:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1834416A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:45:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from one.valcatohosting.com (one.valcatohosting.com [67.19.219.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D636D43D5D for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:45:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adam@moosoft.net) Received: from cpc3-nthc1-4-0-cust42.nrth.cable.ntl.com ([213.107.150.42] helo=[192.168.1.202]) by one.valcatohosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1D5VHY-0005Ec-5s; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:44:53 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20050227201609.33039.qmail@web53307.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050227201609.33039.qmail@web53307.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <5372f2136601e0d608faf4d6d95426d8@moosoft.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam McMaster Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:45:00 +0000 To: Joe Schmoe X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - one.valcatohosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - moosoft.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I cut and paste from xterm _into_ another program ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:45:05 -0000 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. -- - Adam McMaster