Copy and paste in GNU/Linux

posix_memalign · 12-26-2008, 07:35 AM

I seem to sporadically be unable to use the middle mouse button "copy and paste feature". I.e. sometimes the copy/paste feature simply does not work, the middle mouse button works, but it doesn't copy/paste the text that is highlighted, it seems to only happen between rxvt/xterm and regular X11 programs like Firefox or gvim.

What could the cause for this be? Any ideas?

stress_junkie · 12-26-2008, 07:57 AM

That middle button function has always caused problems for me. When I'm running an X environment I use the highlight/copy -> paste. It's all part of my philosophy to not fight with things that irritate me. Just do it differently.

geek745 · 12-27-2008, 04:01 PM

i found that in kde, the selected text expires from the clipboard after about 30 sec. unless you use it... this is especially true copying out of konsole.