Re: bug: x11 terminal grabs mouse selection

[Ralf J. <jue...@cs...>]

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Ethan Merritt wrote:

> What happens if you try
>
>   echo "gnuplot*exportselection: off" | xrdb -merge

Thanks, this does the trick.

xrdb -query | grep export

reports nothing before issuing the above command, btw.

There also is not directory /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults/
on my system (Ubuntu 8.04).

Ralf




>
> You can check the state by doing, for example
>
> stonelion [86] xrdb -query | grep export
> gnuplot*exportselection:        off
>
> Depending on your system configuration, the default x11 settings for gnuplot
> may be given in a file
>  /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults/Gnuplot
> Or maybe not.  We provide such a file, but it is not clear that distribution
> packages install it in a useful place. If this fixes your problem, I suggest
> to add the line
> gnuplot*exportselection: off
> to the file ~/.Xdefaults  in your login directory
>
>
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