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The highlight doesn't vanish, the clipboard contents do, because that's global and it gets written on highlight.
by alanbernstein 6y ago
The highlight doesn't vanish, the clipboard contents do, because that's global and it gets written on highlight.
- majewsky 6y agoNitpick: You're talking about the primary selection, not the clipboard. Those are two different distinct things.
- alanbernstein 6y agoIt doesn't surprise me to learn that at all, because I've been confused about having two clipboards in Linux. But I don't remember hearing the term "primary selection" - my interpretation of the behavior was that there are just two separate clipboards. I guess that's not accurate - why not?