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One of the reason I use a linux/x11 environment for work is the middle button paste buffer. (I have no idea what it's real name is for) any text selected is au
by KaiserPro 9y ago
One of the reason I use a linux/x11 environment for work is the middle button paste buffer. (I have no idea what it's real name is for)
any text selected is automatically copied into the buffer (which is seperate from ctrl-c/v)
It doesn't overcome the "bugger I've pasted rm -rf /*" problem, but its wonderfully useful
- tialaramex 9y agoIt's a Selection and its name is PRIMARY. Nothing is copied, that's the trick for the clipboard on every vaguely modern OS too. (In X11 the clipboard is a Selection named CLIPBOARD). Instead applications tell the system "I have the clipboard" (or in X, "I have this named selection") and when a paste operation happens the exact bits to be moved are figured out only then.