From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 21 15:57:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 8659716A41F for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:57:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from petermatulis@yahoo.ca) Received: from web60019.mail.yahoo.com (web60019.mail.yahoo.com [209.73.178.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F368443D45 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:57:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from petermatulis@yahoo.ca) Received: (qmail 21936 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Nov 2005 15:57:30 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=suMNUFcZyLtWqlx20YTyrIbJ5FGsd6Hc4pg7bw69BLQ063DyfD0LhhIF2srbiYMjwwM7nZYUUIw4fhiX42aeEiuvDk0JBk6hLXQj+HDmx1hLYI7j0YOjbNs8iZs6HEn/LLU76n2Vaz3f2eAChzmIcAWc8Wei4KRhpkSVXhGwaJg= ; Message-ID: <20051121155730.21934.qmail@web60019.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [216.252.84.188] by web60019.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:57:30 EST Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:57:30 -0500 (EST) From: Peter To: freebsd-questions In-Reply-To: <200511211511.jALFBrpD003855@clunix.cl.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: copy & paste troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:57:31 -0000 --- Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > Hi. Running 5.4 stable here. I have an annoying problem with my copy > & > > paste. When I copy something from an xterm and paste it into an X app > the > > string appears in the middle of a previously copied string made from > > within an X app. > > > > Example: > > I copy "http://freshmeat.com/" from Firefox and then "postfix" from my > > xterm. Pasting in my xterm gives me "postfix" but pasting in Firefox > > gives me "http://freshmeat.cpostfixom/". > > I have noticed that numerous applications, including HTLM forms tend > to insert where-ever the mouse pointer is rather than where the > cursor is. Or, maybe, as soon as you click the mouse to do the > insert, it first changes the cursor position to wherever the pointer > is and then does the insert. > > So, I just have to make sure I move my mouse pointer to exactly where I > want things to insert. I get caught on this frequently. > > I don't know if that is what your situation is, but it sounds like a > possibility, so check it out. No, it is not a matter of *where* it is inserted. It is *what* is inserted. And Shift-insert only works between my X apps. Copying something from my (X-generated-fluxbox) xterm does not paste anything when doing this, say, in my web browser search field. __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca