X - use clipboard by default

Hello
I would like an Xorg to use the clipboard instead of primary selection
when copying text with mouse.
Is it possible to configure X globally
or each application requires its own clipboard configuration ?

The most important for me is to force xterm to use clipboard by
default.
I mostly use the following X applications:
xpdf, xchm, oowriter, wine, firefox.

Is there a generic way to configure them to use clipboard by
default ?

I'm aware of xclipboard, klipper and glipper tools but I don't want to
use any intermediate tool.

thank You for help

On Apr 22, 2:53 am, Witek Jarnas <pawlac...@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello
> I would like an Xorg to use the clipboard instead of primary selection
> when copying text with mouse.
> Is it possible to configure X globally[/color]

No.
[color=blue]
> or each application requires its own clipboard configuration ?[/color]

Yes.
[color=blue]
> The most important for me is to force xterm to use clipboard by
> default.
> I mostly use the following X applications:
> xpdf, xchm, oowriter, wine, firefox.[/color]

oowriter and firefox both use both clipboards in the standard way, as
in one for ephemeral selections and the other for explicit copy/paste.

[color=blue]
> Is there a generic way to configure them to use clipboard by
> default ?[/color]


You can configure xterm (it's buiried in the man page), by doing some
fancy remapping of keys/buttons/actions. This might well work for
other XT programs.

More to the point, why are you trying to do this? If you tell us, we
may be able to suggest a different way of accomnplishing it.

-Ed
--
(You can't go wrong with psycho-rats.)([url]http://mi.eng.cam.ac.uk/~er258[/url])

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On 22 Kwi, 19:15, Edward Rosten <Edward.Ros...@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Apr 22, 2:53 am, Witek Jarnas <pawlac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hello
> > I would like an Xorg to use theclipboardinstead of primary selection
> > when copying text with mouse.
> > Is it possible to configure X globally[/color]
>
> No.
>[color=green]
> > or each application requires its ownclipboardconfiguration ?[/color]
>
> Yes.
>[color=green]
> > The most important for me is to force xterm to useclipboardby
> > default.
> > I mostly use the following X applications:
> > xpdf, xchm, oowriter, wine, firefox.[/color]
>
> oowriter and firefox both use both clipboards in the standard way, as
> in one for ephemeral selections and the other for explicit copy/paste.
>[color=green]
> > Is there a generic way to configure them to useclipboardby
> > default ?[/color]
>
> You can configure xterm (it's buiried in the man page), by doing some
> fancy remapping of keys/buttons/actions. This might well work for
> other XT programs.
>
> More to the point, why are you trying to do this? If you tell us, we
> may be able to suggest a different way of accomnplishing it.[/color]

I have to use some application in wine and wine does not use selection
but clipboard.
That's why I have to use clipboard by default.
If you know how to force wine to use selection by default it would be
great solution to me.

thank you for help