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From: jcarson@moniz.bcm.tmc.edu (Janet Carson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Curious Selection question
Keywords: selection, xterm
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Date: 18 Oct 89 20:23:15 GMT
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I noticed something interesting the other day, and I was wondering if 
someone out there could explain how this works:

Start up 2 xterms.  Run a command in the first xterm and highlight
something.  Exit the first xterm.  Go into the second xterm and 
hit the second mouse button.  The selected area from the first xterm
is pasted in.

From what I understand about selections, the selection owner has to
be around to convert the selection, so how does the second xterm get
the selection after the owner has exited?


Janet L. Carson                               internet: jcarson@bcm.tmc.edu 
Baylor College of Medicine              uucp: {rutgers,mailrus}!bcm!jcarson