Hi All, 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. -T