Copy and paste in Terminal

[Kevin J. Cummings]

On 10/13/2010 03:42 PM, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For some reason, simply highlighting text in a Terminal no longer
> copies it to the buffer. I must right-click then select copy in order
> for it to work. What changed? How can I fix this?

AFAICT, when you highlight text with the mouse/touchpad, you can "copy"
it only with the middle button (or both buttons on a two button
mouse/touchpad).  This is *not* the same as COPY/PASTE, but a similar
functionality.  You lose the ability to copy the highlighted text as
soon as the highlight goes away (presumably by a click somewhere else).
 It is a function of X11.

> I thought it might have something to do with screen, but it does it on
> any tab, whether screen is being used or not.

It still works for me in Fedora 12.  What version are you running?

> Thanks,
> Alex

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