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Subject: Re: What is the XA_SECONDARY clipboard?
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Subject: Re: What is the XA_SECONDARY clipboard?
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On 03/08/2017 02:36 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> I added a crosspost to comp.os.linux.x. I had also been hoping someone
> would answer before me, but...
>
>> From "man xclip" I see that I have three clipboards:
> ...
>> "secondary" or XA_SECONDARY
>>
>> I am very familiar with the first two. What is XA_SECONDARY?
>> And how do I use it?
>
> $ tail -3 ~/.Xdefaults
> XTerm.vt100.translations: #override \n\
> <Key>KP_Subtract: insert-selection(SECONDARY) \n\
>
> $ echo "This is SECONDARY!" | xclip -selection secondary
> $ : now start a new xtem and hit key-pad minus
>
> You can also use the '-name NAME' option to xterm to have it look for
> default settings under a different name (NAME.vt100.translations) for
> those times when you want a mapping only for testing or some particular
> terminal based program.
>
> Elijah
> ------
> didn't figure out how to copy to SECONDARY from xterm
>

Thank you!

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Re: What is the XA_SECONDARY clipboard?	T