On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Matthias Buelow wrote:

> "Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@mac.com> writes:
>
> >into/from. You were *NOT* using a NetBSD "copy"...you were using a
> >KDE "copy". *BIG* difference. NetScape has never heard of KDE, and as
> >such, has no idea how to access KDE's clipboard.
>
> If KDE has any sense in it (or the KDE developers), they'd copied
> the selection, if it were text, to the primary selection or a plain
> cutbuffer (like iirc, xterm, and all Xt widgets and most other X
> programs do with text) and he can paste it like normal on X11 with
> the middle mouse button into Netrape's text field widget.
> Cut&paste is a bit messy on X11 but it normally works, for text
> at least.

Cut & paste on X11 works great, but it's a little tricky with
Navigator (Communicator), as Navigator has it's own idea of how cut &
paste should work, and so overwrites the X cut buffer at every
opportunity. You need to place the cursor while Navigator is in focus,
copy from your other app, and then paste as soon as you give Navigator
the focus back. "xcutsel" can help.

Frederick