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Clipboard is already "synchronized" select a text somewhere, middle click somewhere else et voila.
by shikoba 4y ago
Clipboard is already "synchronized" select a text somewhere, middle click somewhere else et voila.
- dvh 4y agoUntil you close the app where you selected the text and now your clipboard is empty. Or until you click somewhere, original app loses selection and your clipboard is now empty.
- shikoba 4y ago> Until you close the app where you selected the text and now your clipboard is empty. Ho, I used it for years, and you made me discover that strange property. Interesting. > Or until you click somewhere, original app loses selection and your clipboard is now empty. Yes, it's a very volatile clipboard, but if you expect your clipboard to have a lifespan greater than 5 seconds, you're probably doing something wrong.
- pmoriarty 4y agoTo solve this problem I use parcellite, which gives me access to my clipboard history.
- deathanatos 4y agoOn Linux, this is the X11 primary selection, not the clipboard.
- shikoba 4y agoIt's a clipboard. I use mostly that one. It works everywhere.
- drdaeman 4y agoYou're both correct. Yes, it acts as a clipboard, for all practical purposes. But also it's a terminology thing. If you'd open ICCCM, it uses name "CLIPBOARD" for a different selection atom: https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xorg-docs/specs/ICCCM/icccm.html#selection_atoms https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xorg-docs/specs/ICCCM... So in X11 the term "clipboard" (in a technical, not colloquial sense) is reserved for a different selection. And thus primary selection is not a clipboard.