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Re: how to copy text from xterm to firefox?

  • Subject: Re: how to copy text from xterm to firefox?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:59:41 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
  • References: <1142161717.688811.306130@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> <slrne184hs.qq8.BobT@linus.cs.queensu.ca>
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__/ [ Bob Tennent ] on Sunday 12 March 2006 12:21 \__

> On 12 Mar 2006 03:08:37 -0800, DaVinci wrote:
>  > in xterm,I use left-mouse to select region and mid-button to paste.
>  > but it works,only when in xterm.
>  >
>  > but I can't paste the text from xterm to firefox .
> 
> Works for me. Where in Firefox are you trying to paste?  I left-click in
> the URL-entry widget and then middle-click to paste.

Could it be a text encoding issue? Try pasting the text you highlighted in
xterm onto a text editor and /then/ onto Firefox. I found that encoding
issues were sometimes solved by going through emacs.

Hope it helps,

Roy

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