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From: diamant@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Selection versus cut buffers
Message-ID: <9740017@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 88 07:23:19 GMT
Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO
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At what point are the standard clients (like xterm, xmh, etc) going
to be converted over to using the X primary selection as opposed to
cut buffers?  I realize that the holdup has been working out the
conventions for selection as well as providing support in the Toolkit.
Both of these areas seem to be proceeding, so I'm curious when I
am likely to see the switchover.  I want to start using selection in
my new programs, but currently it's a real pain because none of the
other programs know about it.

Thanks in advance,

John Diamant
Software Development Environments
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