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Re: xfree86 cut/copy/paste
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Bill McCormick <wpmccormick at covad dot net>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com, cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:18:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: xfree86 cut/copy/paste
- References: <NDBBLLFMLFMANIDPNADCMEBPFHAA.wpmccormick@covad.net>
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Bill McCormick wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there cut/copy/paste functionality with xfree86 (using windows clipboard)
> like there is with rxvt?
>
> I'm sure this has come up before but I can't seem to find it.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
Bill,
Try giving a "-clipboard" argument to XWin.exe, or use the "xwinclip"
utility (although the latter is outdated, IIRC). Search the cygwin-xfree
list archives for either "clipboard" or "xwinclip" for more details.
Igor
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