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[Karthik Tayur <karthikstayur@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've observed this happening only in case I format text on a page. Jumping
to a new page, primary click to place cursor doesn't seem to empty the
clipboard.
It's limited to Hella's 2nd instance alone for me.

(Arch Linux: XFCE)

On 1 December 2016 at 14:09, mc <mc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Hella, you are right.
>
> To clarify, my experience is the same as Hella's except in 2)
> I  can select something on a page, then middle click, and it will be
> inserted
> AS LONG AS I don't do anything else.
> eg if I even just left click to mark the place the buffer gets emptied.
>
> It seems most actions within zim (eg left click, changing pages, 'Strg+2')
> cause the buffer to be emptied.
>
> mc
>
>
> On 2016-12-01 20:43, Hella Riede wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> this is Hella (mentioned by mc). I use Linux Mint Maya (based long-term
>> support version Ubuntu Precise) with Cinnamon.
>>
>> For me, mouse copy (mark, then insert by middle click) into zim ...
>>
>> 1) works when marking something somewhere outside of zim (e.g., terminal,
>> vim, browser) then change to zim and directly use the middle button on the
>> already opened k, then insert by middle click) into zim ...
>>
>> 1) works when marking something somewhere outside of zim (e.g., terminal,
>> vim, browser) then change to zim and directly use the middle button on the
>> already opened page
>> 2) does *not* work within zim, e.g., marking something on a page, then
>> middle click somewhere on the same page won't insert anything
>> 3) does *not* work when marking something outside of zim, then go to zim,
>> format something first, for example use 'Strg+2' to make a headline or
>> change to another page, then press the middle button somewhere -> nothing
>>
>> So it seems when I am already in zim, the buffer is never filled. When I
>> am outside of zim, the buffer is filled, but emptied when doing something
>> in zim like formatting a headline or change to another page.
>>
>> I never experienced problems with the mouse copy anywhere else on Linux
>> besides zim.
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Hella
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/12/16 09:23, mc wrote:
>>
>>> (I hope hope this is the right way to post to a mailing list!!)
>>>
>>> As another datapoint, I have the same problem
>>> in Zim on kde in Kubuntu 14.04 on multiple machines.
>>> I notice that Hella Reide raised the same problem 19/May this year,
>>> but I didn't see any reply or solution.
>>>
>>> Middle-click works correctly in everything else.
>>>
>>> For me, and I suspect for Hella
>>> middle-click works within the same Zim page
>>> and it works pasting from Zim to an outside kate/kwrite page,
>>> but when you try to paste into another Zim page
>>> nothing happens,
>>> AND the buffer is cleared.
>>>
>>> How do I know the buffer is cleared?
>>> Because after trying to paste to another Zim page,
>>> I can no longer paste to an external kate/kwrite page.
>>>
>>> I don't think this is Jaap's problem - it is very platform specific.
>>> But I have been trying to find a solution for a few year
>>> and haven’t found one yet.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> mc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2016-12-01 02:16, Chris Habasinski wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Works for me too - xubuntu 16.04
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/30/2016 12:58 PM, Steffen Schuldenzucker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Marco,
>>>>>
>>>>> this works for me (ubuntu, xmonad/LXDE) without any problems.
>>>>> (just to point out that it's not broken for /everyone/ /all/ the time)
>>>>>
>>>>> Best, Steffen
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/30/16 02:09, arkilho arkilho wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello everybody,
>>>>>> this is Marco from Italy, just subscribed with the purpose of asking
>>>>>> you whether there is some internal use of the primary selection that
>>>>>> forbids me (and maybe some of us) to just paste the selected text by
>>>>>> middle mouse click.
>>>>>> This is the good (or at least simple) old cutbuffer, now became X11
>>>>>> primary selection.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use Debian Jessie with XFCE4, and Zim is my most useful way of
>>>>>> storing my infos, and the primary selection to middle click is my
>>>>>> most useful and fast way to cut&paste, expecially from terminals
>>>>>> like rxvt, but also from firefox selected text..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you ever missed this?
>>>>>> Do you have something to suggest me that differs from (for ex)
>>>>>> "throw xfce, use gnome, and write gsettings set
>>>>>> org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse middle-button-enabled
>>>>>> true"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As far as I've seen until now, except from some virtual machines,
>>>>>> Zim is really the only software I use that cannot benefit from this
>>>>>> nice feature, so I'm at least wondering if there are some constrains
>>>>>> that will break Zim, internals, boh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>
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