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submitted 1 year ago by mfat to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Pretty sure most of you already know this but for those who don't: you have two clipboards in Linux. One is the traditional clipboard where you copy with control c and paste with control v. The other one is when you highlight text and use the mouse middle click to paste text.

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[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I didn't realize they were different. I always thought my copy failed and tried to use one copy with the other paste.

[-] wviana@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago
[-] wviana@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

Thought more vim folks would notice this.

[-] neosheo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Lol i had no idea

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

3 i use copyq with kde's clipboard and the highlighting thingy.

[-] Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Wait till you figure out that deleting stuff in the terminal (eg c-w) is saved in a separate pastebuffer too (c-y for yank, so yankbuffer?)

[-] bobman@unilem.org 1 points 1 year ago

I always thought middle-click paste was one of the dumbest things on the planet.

It's always shitty coming across an application that does it instead of scrolling.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Please stop calling it gun/Linux UNLESS you also use

  • Firestone/bus
  • chisel/David
  • vacuum/Danielle Smith

Etc.

[-] waitmarks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] Zekromaster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, we live in a world where there are multiple use cases for non-GNU/Linux (i.e. Alpine). Surely the distinction has become useful.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, Stallman

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