Re: xterm copy-n-paste and mouse selection in scroll back

2002-12-12 Thread Clive Standbridge
On Thu 12 Dec 2002 07:15:46 +(-0800), Bill Moseley wrote: > > The PRIMARY type of cut-n-paste is handy and fast, but is a pain when you > need to replace some text on paste (since if you hightlight again the > current PRIMARY is lost. With the CLIPBOARD its contents are not replaces > unitl t

Re: xterm copy-n-paste and mouse selection in scroll back

2002-12-12 Thread Gregory Seidman
Bill Moseley sez: [...] } I was just wondering if there was an xterm shortcut to "cut" to the } CLIPBOARD in xterm or xterm clone. [...] You can put what you need in your .Xdefaults or .Xresources or whatever it is that actually gets read. The excerpt below should be instructive, though not suitab

Re: xterm copy-n-paste and mouse selection in scroll back

2002-12-12 Thread Bill Moseley
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Michael Heironimus wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:16:41PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > > 1) is there a way in xterm (or is it in X?) to copy to the clipboard? > > Not the PRIMARY (highlight & paste with center mouse), but rather the > > CLIPBOARD (copy somehow?? and past

Re: xterm copy-n-paste and mouse selection in scroll back

2002-12-12 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:16:41PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > 1) is there a way in xterm (or is it in X?) to copy to the clipboard? > Not the PRIMARY (highlight & paste with center mouse), but rather the > CLIPBOARD (copy somehow?? and paste with shift+insert). I'm not entirely sure I understan

Re: xterm copy-n-paste and mouse selection in scroll back

2002-12-12 Thread Clive Standbridge
On Thu 12 Dec 2002 11:29:39 +(+), Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:16:41PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > > 3) Do any of the xterm clones allow searching the scroll-back buffer? > > None that I've heard of. The pterm author said he'd think about it when > it was suggested to

Re: xterm copy-n-paste and mouse selection in scroll back

2002-12-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:16:41PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > I guess three questions about xterm (or something that will do this): > > 1) is there a way in xterm (or is it in X?) to copy to the clipboard? > Not the PRIMARY (highlight & paste with center mouse), but rather the > CLIPBOARD (copy