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Selecting most definitely does not copy. It would be horrendous if it did.

• mkl 6y ago
  Selecting in X absolutely does copy to the PRIMARY clipboard. Selecting then copying (e.g. with Ctrl-C) copies to the CLIPBOARD clipboard. Middle clicking pastes from the PRIMARY clipboard, and Ctrl-V pastes from the CLIPBOARD clipboard. It is incredibly useful, not horrendous. Edit: and you yourself confusedly claimed selecting copies just an hour ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24017588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24017588
  • francislavoie 6y ago
    I was talking about copy-on-select in terminals, i.e. terminals I no longer use cause I find that behaviour very frustrating.
    • mkl 6y ago
      Well there's nothing special about terminals, it should work the same everywhere you can select text. It goes into a different clipboard from where explicit copying goes (though most modern distributions have a way to turn on synchronising of the two clipboards - maybe you have that on without realising?).
• smabie 6y ago
  It 100% does. Every app, select copies to primary.