On 2020-09-28 17:23, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 9/28/20 4:47 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>> On 2020-09-28 15:33, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>> On 9/28/20 3:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>>> On 2020-09-28 12:10, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>>>> On 9/28/20 4:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>>>>> The primary clipboard (select and middle click) did not
>>>>>> work either. RATS!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have not tried the other two clipboards because I can
>>>>>> never remember how to use them
>>>>>
>>>>> I've never heard of more than two.
>>>>
>>>> Here is a nice article on them. The article is on the
>>>> "The Secondary Selection" clipboard, but he video goes
>>>> into all four.
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~lindsec/secondary-selection.html
>>>>
>>>> I do not know if they are all active in Weyland as
>>>> I am using Xfce
>>>
>>> As far as I can tell, he is somewhat confused. By default,
>>> Copy/Paste uses the primary selection and highlighting goes to the
>>> secondary selection. Some applications do work differently and
>>> there are tools to put content into each of those buffers. The only
>>> 4 I could find in the video was the list of ways to copy and paste
>>> text.
>>
>> Oh they are all there. I have figured it out several
>> times but keep forgetting. But it is a bunch to take
>> in at once and I had to listen several times
>
> If you figure it out again, then reply. But until then, there are
> only 2 selection buffers. :-)
There are four.
:-) :-)
Fine, you made me look it up. I was partially wrong. The used buffers
are CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY instead of PRIMARY and SECONDARY as I stated.
No one uses SECONDARY. So still only two used, but there is a third
that no one uses.