On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 4:38 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I have been using UNIX and Linux for over 25 years and did not realize > X11 has four clipboards. I recently discovered the Secondary Selection > keyboard. > > It really saves a bunch of time when I am programming as I don't lose > my cursor's hot spot. > > Here is a great 8 minute video demonstrating all four clipboards. It > is must learn for anyone using Linux. > > http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl/Secondary-Selection.mp4 > > To support this clipboard, your program has to use the GTK Toolkit. Thanks. I didn't know about this secondary clipboard. I've just tried it on my laptop running Ubuntu 17.10 but it didn't work. I suspect that it's been deep-sixed in Gnome Shell and Unity.