▲ 170 ▼ GNOME & Firefox Consider Disabling Middle Click Paste By Default: "An X11'ism...Dumpster Fire" (www.phoronix.com) submitted 7 months ago by warmaster@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Reisen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (2 children) as someone new to linux i don't get it. if you have your hand in ctrl-c anyway ctrl-v is right there? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] everett@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago (2 children) It's like a second, separate clipboard. You "copy" text to this one by simply selecting it, then "paste" from it by middle-clicking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Morphit@feddit.uk 5 points 7 months ago There's also shift+insert if you want a keyboard shortcut. I remapped it to meh+v. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reisen@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago wait it is? that explains so much weirdness i had with this permalink fedilink source parent [–] chamomile@furry.engineer 4 points 7 months ago @Reisen Among other things, it's useful in terminals where the standard ctrl-c/ctrl-v send a control signal rather than copy/paste. Most terminals nowadays have some other copy/paste shortcut so it's less important now, but a lot of us still find it convenient. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] everett@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago (2 children) It's like a second, separate clipboard. You "copy" text to this one by simply selecting it, then "paste" from it by middle-clicking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Morphit@feddit.uk 5 points 7 months ago There's also shift+insert if you want a keyboard shortcut. I remapped it to meh+v. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reisen@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago wait it is? that explains so much weirdness i had with this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 5 points 7 months ago There's also shift+insert if you want a keyboard shortcut. I remapped it to meh+v. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reisen@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago wait it is? that explains so much weirdness i had with this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chamomile@furry.engineer 4 points 7 months ago @Reisen Among other things, it's useful in terminals where the standard ctrl-c/ctrl-v send a control signal rather than copy/paste. Most terminals nowadays have some other copy/paste shortcut so it's less important now, but a lot of us still find it convenient. permalink fedilink source parent