Post #1452083
2026-04-12 20:04 UTC
@dillo > Ctrl+C copies selected text into the clipboard so Ctrl+V works as expected
Just yesterday I copied a link and after second ^v I realized it's Shift+Insert buffor, so I welcome this.
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@dillo@fosstodon.org 2026-04-12 22:40
@emil in X11/Xorg there are two "clipboards": The "primary selection": Selected text gets immediately copied, paste with middle button or Shift+Insert. The "clipboard": Copy with Ctrl+C, paste with Ctrl+V. Many programs also store the content in the primary selection even if not selected. I mostly use the primary selection because it is faster. Specially, middle clicking the [X] next to the URL, directly opens the URL in the primary selection. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Clipboard#Selections