Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ulowell!masscomp!black
From: black@masscomp.UUCP (Sam Black)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Selections and cut buffers
Keywords: selections, cut buffers
Message-ID: <857@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 89 21:00:05 GMT
Reply-To: black@masscomp.com (Sam Black)
Organization: CONCURRENT - Westford, Ma
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I'm trying to figure out how to use selections and cut buffers in xterm.
According to the man page, you should be able to set up something like:

XTerm*VT100.Translations:	#override\n\
	~Shift ~Meta <Btn2Up>:	insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
	 Shift ~Meta <Btn2Up>:	insert-selection(SECONDARY, CUT_BUFFER1) \n\
	 Shift ~Meta <Btn3Down>:start-extend() \n\
	~Shift ~Meta <BtnUp>:	select-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
	 Shift ~Meta <BtnUp>:	select-end(SECONDARY, CUT_BUFFER1)

which "should" allow you to have multiple selections available for cut/paste.
However, the insert-selection always seems to paste the most recently defined
selection, be it PRIMARY or SECONDARY.  Does anyone out there know what's going
on?  Is there any way to do what I want?  Will Lance marry Jill?  Will Ollie
get accquitted?  Does anyone care?

		- sam black

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