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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Curious Selection question
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Date: 19 Oct 89 15:29:43 GMT
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> 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?

Xterm puts its selected data in both the Primary selection and CUT_BUFFER0. 
This is done for compatability with old programs that don't know about
selections.   You are probabally getting the pasted data from CUT_BUFFER0.
If you want to be sure, used "xprop" on your root window.


						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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