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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: xterm copy buffer feature
Message-ID: <880422090519.6.RWS@KILLINGTON.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Date: 22 Apr 88 13:05:00 GMT
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    Date: Thu, 21 Apr 88 15:23:02 PDT
    From: warner%s3snorkel@scubed.arpa (Ken Warner)

    When using the copy buffers in an xterm window, if I select--with the left 
    button--some text paste it into another window, I get an interesting staircase
    effect.

I cannot reproduce this, either on a Sun or an Apollo xterm/vi combination,
using the text you indicated.