From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 5/7/22 9:29 AM, Ben Collver wrote:   
   > Hi,   
      
   Hi,   
      
   > I would like to synchronize the X11 primary selection and secondary   
   > clipboard.   
      
   I'm not sure if you're wanting something that you manually initiate or   
   is automatically initiated in the background.   
      
   I use `xsel` do to this manually.   
      
   > Can anyone recommend a different solution to synchronize my primary   
   > selection to the secondary clipboard?   
      
   You seem to be missing a piece of the puzzle.  X11 traditionally has   
   three buffers (in this context);   
      
     - primary   
     - secondary   
     - clipboard   
      
   Many GUI programs that originated on X11 use the clipboard.  The primary   
   selection is usually incidentally altered as a precursor to altering the   
   clipboard.   
      
   I've only heard tell of one program, emacs, that actually utilizes the   
   secondary selection, save for utilities specifically meant work with   
   primary / secondary / clipboard.   
      
   XTerm uses the primary selection for it's copy and paste actions by default.   
      
   I'd encourage you to install, play with, and skim the man page for the   
   `xsel` command.   
      
   I've got the following aliases defined to make working with xsel more   
   convenient.   
      
   b2b='xsel -ob | xsel -ib'	# remove formatting from clipboard   
   b2p='xsel -ob | xsel -ip'	# copy clipboard to primary   
     ib='xsel -ib'			# copy STDIN to clipboard   
     is='xsel -is'			# copy STDIN to secondary   
     ob='xsel -ob'			# copy clipboard to STDOUT   
     op='xsel -op'			# copy primary to STDOUT   
   opf='xsel -op | fmt -w $COLUMNS'	# copy primary to STDOUT via fmt   
     os='xsel -os'			# copy secondary to STDOUT   
   p2b='xsel -op | xsel -ib'	# copy primary to clipboard   
   p2p='xsel -op | xsel -ip'	# remove formatting from primary   
      
      
      
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