copy paste to/from xterm with middle mouse button

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10B2 · Post by **10B2** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:59 am

Hi, have fluxbox and xterm. After the system update cannot anymore copy/paste to/from xterm with middle mouse. Which is the way to achieve this again, possibly without restarting x server?

Schnulli · Post by **Schnulli** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:12 am

use another terminal app.. thats it
not all allow to copy/paste

10B2 · Post by **10B2** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:36 am

it worked perfectly fine before the update...has this to do with xorg.conf? Xresources? What else?

Post by Hu » Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:07 am

Middle-mouse paste still works for me in xterm here. Please qualify "after the system update." What is the output of emerge --info list-of-recently-updated-packages?

10B2 · Post by **10B2** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:49 am

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emerge --info

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genlop -l --date 2017/03/01
 * packages merged:

     Wed Mar 15 10:36:25 2017 >>> dev-qt/qtcore-5.7.1
     Wed Mar 15 11:30:33 2017 >>> dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.6-r2
     Wed Mar 15 11:36:26 2017 >>> dev-qt/qtcore-5.6.2-r1
     Wed Mar 15 11:36:46 2017 >>> dev-qt/qtxml-5.6.2
     Wed Mar 15 11:37:39 2017 >>> dev-qt/linguist-tools-5.6.2
     Wed Mar 15 11:38:14 2017 >>> kde-frameworks/kconfig-5.29.0
     Wed Mar 15 11:40:23 2017 >>> kde-frameworks/solid-5.29.0
     Wed Mar 15 11:40:56 2017 >>> dev-libs/libattica-0.4.2
     Wed Mar 15 11:46:53 2017 >>> dev-qt/designer-5.6.2
     Wed Mar 15 11:47:01 2017 >>> dev-util/automoc-0.9.88-r1
     Wed Mar 15 12:08:16 2017 >>> dev-python/PyQt5-5.5.1
     Wed Mar 15 12:08:43 2017 >>> kde-frameworks/kunitconversion-5.29.0
     Wed Mar 15 12:09:35 2017 >>> kde-frameworks/kservice-5.29.0
     Wed Mar 15 12:09:55 2017 >>> kde-frameworks/kemoticons-5.29.0
     Wed Mar 15 12:11:19 2017 >>> app-text/poppler-0.45.0
     Wed Mar 15 12:13:30 2017 >>> app-emulation/q4wine-1.3.1
     Fri Mar 17 10:43:39 2017 >>> x11-apps/xmodmap-1.0.9
     Fri Mar 17 10:49:04 2017 >>> x11-misc/parcellite-1.1.9
     Fri Mar 17 10:53:45 2017 >>> x11-terms/xterm-325
     Mon Mar 20 10:06:38 2017 >>> app-text/wgetpaste-2.28
     Mon Mar 20 14:10:42 2017 >>> dev-libs/quazip-0.7.2-r1
     Mon Mar 20 14:18:28 2017 >>> app-office/texstudio-2.11.2-r1
     Mon Mar 20 14:25:24 2017 >>> app-office/texstudio-2.11.2-r1
     Mon Mar 20 15:47:24 2017 >>> dev-util/mdds-1.2.2

A major update occurred before March anyway (in January the list is very long)

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eccerr0r · Post by **eccerr0r** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:41 pm

Just as clarification, are you saying you can't select and paste back into the same xterm?

Does the middle button still give events? You can try xev and see if middle button still works, or if it works on other applications?

Also, as you seem to have kde, just want to make sure you're working with specifically xterm and not vte or something like that?

Cutting and pasting into other applications is a different issue, usually having compatible toolkits will allow interchange. Perhaps the other program's toolkit changed if you're having issues copying/pasting into another program. xorg.conf is only read during X11 startup so if you don't want and didn't restart X, this file isn't the problem.

_Nomad_ · Post by **_Nomad_** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:11 pm

Do you have

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XTerm*selectToClipboard: true

in your .Xresources?

10B2 · Post by **10B2** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:32 am

Hi, added 'Xterm*rightScrollBar: true' to .Xresources. Seems to me that already tried it, but no result. For instance, also have 'Xterm*rightScrollBar: true' but the xterminal does not show off the scrollbar by default...Can I load Xresources without starting the xserver again?

khayyam · Post by **khayyam** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:05 am

10B2 wrote:Hi, added 'Xterm*rightScrollBar: true' to .Xresources. Seems to me that already tried it, but no result. For instance, also have 'Xterm*rightScrollBar: true' but the xterminal does not show off the scrollbar by default...Can I load Xresources without starting the xserver again?

10B2 ... yes:

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$ xrdb -load ~/.Xresources

By the sounds of it you aren't doing the same in ~/.xinitrc

best ... khay

10B2 · Post by **10B2** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:17 am

sorry for bit of confusion:

This is my .Xresources:

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Xft.dpi: 125
Xterm*scrollBar: true
Xterm*rightScrollBar: true
XTerm*selectToClipboard: true

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Not sure if proceeding correctly:

- opened an xterm in my workspace
- xrdb -load ~/.Xresources
- xterm to open a new terminal
- no scrollbar, no mouse copy-paste

I can copy to clipboard by selecting text in xterm with right mouse, I can copy it e.g. in this window (firefox) or in a text file, but cannot copy it in an xterminal, which would be what I want.

10B2 · Post by **10B2** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:34 am

... can copy to clipboard by selecting text in xterm with right mouse, I can paste it e.g. in this window (firefox) or in a text file, but cannot paste it in an xterminal, which would be what I want.

khayyam · Post by **khayyam** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 2:26 am

10B2 wrote:- opened an xterm in my workspace
- xrdb -load ~/.Xresources
- xterm to open a new terminal
- no scrollbar, no mouse copy-paste

10B2 ... and you see the values from .Xresources in 'xrdb -query -all'?

10B2 wrote:... can copy to clipboard by selecting text in xterm with right mouse, I can paste it e.g. in this window (firefox) or in a text file, but cannot paste it in an xterminal, which would be what I want.

When you use the term "xterm", and then "xterminal", I'm lead to think this may not be x11-terms/xterm ... we are talking about 'xterm' and not any number of other x11-terms/*?

best ... khay

10B2 · Post by **10B2** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:45 pm

It's xterm-325:

equery l xterm
* Searching for xterm ...
[IP-] [ ] x11-terms/xterm-325:0

then, when xrdb -query -all

...
...
...

XTerm*selectToClipboard: true
Xft.dpi: 125
Xterm*rightScrollBar: true
Xterm*scrollBar: true

As for instance, I can select the previous lines from my xterm window and paste them into this box. What I would also like to do is pasting in xterm window with the mouse.

eccerr0r · Post by **eccerr0r** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:51 pm

So when copying from firefox to xterm doesn't work but the other way around does?
What if you select, Edit->Copy instead of just selecting, and then pasting?

Want to be clear, this is the behavior you're seeing? :

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FROM \ TO--XTERM FIREFOX
Xterm       YES      YES
Firefox     NO       YES