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From: rjc@uk.ac.ed.cstr (Richard Caley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Xclipboard woes
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Date: 2 Feb 91 18:53:37 GMT
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Just Another Dumb User Question...

I have a problem with xclipboard falling asleep after a while (can't
be any more specific I'm afraid, it generally happens after a day or
two). 

I have the following in my resources to get it to work,

	XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
	      !Ctrl<Key>F17:    set-vt-font(d)\n\
	      !Shift<Key>F17:   set-vt-font(1)\n\
	      !<Btn3Up>:        select-end(PRIMARY,CUT_BUFFER0,CLIPBOARD)\n\
	      !<Btn2Down>:      insert-selection(CUT_BUFFER0,PRIMARY,CLIPBOARD,FONT)\n\
	      !<Btn2Up>:        ignore()

Which is fine and works as expected (selected things get copied to the
clipboard). However after the aforementioned `while' it stops working.
The buttons on the clipboard still work, so the program is still
running, but it ignores selections.

Does anyone know whatis happening and how I might work around it? 

(X11R4, MIT server, Sun3-80, clipboard is on the same machine as the
server, if any of that makes any difference).

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rjc@cstr.ed.ac.uk