[ale] Copying from vi into another terminal

[Geoffrey]

Kevin Krumwiede wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:46:40 -0400 (EDT) "John Wells" <jb at devsea.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
>> vim via a gnome-terminal.  I've tried it in xterm as well.  I can 
>> cut/paste with standard X to the same vi session in the same
>> terminal, but nothing else...
> 
> 
> I'm able to paste back and forth via gnome-terminal's cut and paste.
> One thing about Gnome that takes getting used to vs. Windows is that
> the paste buffer is associated with the window it was copied from.
> If you close a window, you can no longer paste the text you copied
> from it.

I don't believe that's correct.  I believe the buffer is associated with 
the window manager.  I just tested this.  Select text from an term, kill 
the term, paste the test to another term.  Worked.

Might you provider more specific info on the window types you have this 
experience with?  Are you doing the mouse select/paste?

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