Ubuntu and the clipboard

[John L Fjellstad]

Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> writes:

> In any case, the ctrl-C/ctrl-V buffer is distinct from the buffer used
> for copying selected text (at least in klipper - I believe it's the
> same in gnome), in some way I've never really understood, and I
> frequently make use of both.

Jamie Zawinski has a discussion about it here:
http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html

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John L. Fjellstad
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