Using cut and paste in X-Windows

Using Cut and Paste can really save time on the keyboard. However, in the X-Windows system, the methods are not very intuitive. This post shows you how to use cut and paste with both terminals and graphical applications.

From terminal to terminal:
1) Drag the mouse cursor over the desired text to highlight.
2) Give focus to the terminal you are pasting to.
3) Click the center mouse button.
(Alternatively, click the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously.)

From terminal to graphical application:
Same as for terminal to terminal with the following option.
For step 3, you may also use ctrl-v to paste.

From graphical application to graphical application:
Typically the same as for windoze.

From graphical application to terminal.
1) Drag the mouse cursor over the desired text to highlight.
2) Hit ctrl-c to copy the text.
3) Give focus to the terminal you are pasting to.
4) Click the center mouse button.
(Alternatively, click the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously.)

For more information see X.Org and XFree86.

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