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From: holtz@netcord.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Holtz)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Openwidows Cut/Paste and xterms
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Date: 7 Dec 90 18:30:54 GMT
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Put this in your .Xdefaults:

! Here's the deal.  Emacs only uses CUT_BUFFER0, xterm uses PRIMARY by
! default, and OpenWindows uses CLIPBOARD.  My solution is to have
! xterm cave in to the OpenWindows world by preferring CLIPBOARD
! whenever it is deciding what to insert, except I nod to Emacs by
! having middle click first try to insert not CLIPBOARD but
! CUT_BUFFER0. That way, Emacs-style pasting is always done with a
! middle click, and OpenWindows-style pasting is always done with the
! Paste button (L8).  Also, I set up copy (via either L6, left-drag,
! or right-click) to ram the selected text into all 3 buffers.
! Lastly, I convert between Emacs and OpenWindows by running xcutsel
! -selection CLIPBOARD.
!
! select-end():		order of arguments is insignificant
! insert-selection():	order of arguments is significant
!
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
	Shift <KeyPress> Select:	select-cursor-start()\
					select-cursor-end(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER0, PRIMARY)\n\
	~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Up>:	insert-selection(CUT_BUFFER0, CLIPBOARD, PRIMARY)\n\
	~Ctrl ~Meta <BtnUp>:	select-end(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER0, PRIMARY)\n\
	<Key>L8:		insert-selection(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER0, PRIMARY)\n\
	<Key>L6:		start-extend() select-end(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER0, PRIMARY)
--
Brian Holtz (holtz@netcord.Eng.Sun.COM)