[vox-tech] Cut and paste

[Jay Strauss]

Ken Herron wrote:

> --On Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:14:34 AM -0500 Jay Strauss 
> <me at heyjay.com> wrote:
>
>> If I want to cut and paste, I have to go to the menu->edit->copy then I
>> can paste to FireFox.  It's like there are 2 clipboards or something.
>> Can't I do cut and paste without mousing?  The menu->edit->copy doesn't
>> have a keyboard shortcut.
>
>
> Actually, yes, there are two clipboards. See 
> <http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html>. Many apps will support 
> Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, and Ctrl-V as shortcuts for the menu copy, cut, and 
> paste commands. But of course for konsole those keystrokes go to the 
> terminal session.
>
Thanks for the link.  I've read it, and kinda understand it even.

> On top of that, if you're using KDE then you're probably running 
> klipper. Klipper takes over some of the clipboard operation, so 
> depending on how that's configured, things may work differently for you.
>
I'll have to read about klipper now to

Thanks
Jay