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.