From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 19:30:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62412106566C for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:30:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B338FC0A for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R5N3v-0003C6-J5; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:30:09 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R5N3U-0003My-SN; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:29:32 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p8IJTWre085525; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:29:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p8IJTWqC085524; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:29:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:29:32 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Thomas Dickey Message-ID: <20110918192932.GA85501@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Thomas Dickey , Yuri , FreeBSD Questions References: <4E7547B4.600@rawbw.com> <20110918130544.GA27690@saltmine.radix.net> <4E761714.1070308@rawbw.com> <20110918172818.GA8943@saltmine.radix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110918172818.GA8943@saltmine.radix.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Yuri , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Why selecting text with mouse often doesn't make the text pasteable with mouse mid-button click? 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: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:30:26 -0000 On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 01:28:18PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 09:06:44AM -0700, Yuri wrote: > > On 09/18/2011 06:05, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > >>> I notice this again and again: when I select some text in Konsole > > >>(KDE4) > > >>> sometimes it doesn't paste with the middle mouse button click. > > >Where are you pasting? (on another terminal emulator, in an application > > >running in a terminal emulator, or within another X application)? > > > > > > > Test selected in Konsole I usually paste into Konsole. and it fails > > maybe in 5-10% of cases. > > hmm - no good guesses there. It could be an overactive Window manager > grabbing the focus away at the wrong point (it's a nuisance on Mac OS X > for instance). If it were a consistent problem with pasting into a > given application, I had a couple of ideas... > > (consistent problems are easier to fix ;-) Now you mentioned it, I see something similar. I typically paste from one xterm window to another. Typically one xterm is the local box and another xterm is some ssh session. What I see on amd64 laptop is that pasting with a built-in mouse stops working after a while. I typically have a usb mouse as well. Pasting with a usb mouse never fails. I can copy with a built-in mouse and paste with a usb mouse. Because in the end I get done what I need, I never really bothered to think why. Next time this happens, I'll try to record the exact details, if you are interested. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423