Todd,

I believe you can also set those options with the ctrl-middle-click 
popup menu.  Not quite as good as the app-defaults or command line 
method but easy to do.

Joe

On 06/22/2014 03:17 AM, Oleg Sadov wrote:
> Look at man xterm -- for example, by this way:
>
> xterm -xrm '*VT100*translations: #override \n Shift Ctrl <Key>C:
> select-end(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER0) \n Shift Ctrl <Key>V:
> insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)'
>
> Shift Ctrl <Key>C actually is not need -- mouse selection placed to
> clipboard atomatcally. Cutting by <shift><Ctrl><X> seems irrealizable
> -- we don't have direct access to terminal buffer and you need realize
> complex text editors logic for such things.  Most simple way for
> realizing of such functionality -- emacs shell mode with customized
> keys binding.
>
> --Oleg
>
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 8:07 AM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> On 06/21/2014 01:28 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 8:30 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know if there is a way to get copy <shift><Ctrl><C>,
>>>> past <shift><Ctrl><V>, and cut <shift><Ctrl><X> keystrokes
>>>> into an xterm?
>>>
>>> Define "copy-selection(CLIPBOARD)" and "insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)"
>>> in "XTerm*VT100.translations" in ".Xresources".
>>>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>>     Is there a way to put it into the command line that calls
>> the xterm?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T