Unix copy method not working for gnome terminal !CORRECTION!

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 14:06 +0200, oxy wrote:
> open a gnome terminal, do `cat filename.txt`, highlight-copy
> the content with pressing the link mouse button, open a 2nd terminal,
> middle-click on it to paste the content. It works!!!
> 
> Go back to the first terminal, `vi filename.txt`, highlight-copy
> the contetnt, go to the 2nd terminal, middle-click on it to paste
> the content. It DOES NOT work!!!
> 
> Can anybody reproduce that?
> 
> thx ...
> 
> vim 7.3.429 in a GNOME Terminal 3.4.1.1 on ubu 12.04.

I'm using exactly those versions, and when I do exactly as you describe,
it all works exactly as expected.

Regards, K.

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