10.3: Copy and paste from X11 with other window managers
Nov 27, '03 02:50:00PM • Contributed by: lolopb
Nov 27, '03 02:50:00PM • Contributed by: lolopb
As you may know, you can copy and paste between Apple's X11 and Aqua by just using the copy function of your X11 App and Command-V in Aqua. But, this fails if you don't use quartz-wm (which is the default window manager), but a better X11 window manager (windowmaker in my case). But you can run quartz-wm in a silent mode and enable this copy-paste functionnality by adding this to your ~/.xinitrc:
[robg adds: For those too lazy to fire up X11 to read the quartz-wm man pages, here are the hidden commands:
# start the quartz-wm with copy-paste functionnality quartz-wm --only-proxy & #exec your wm exec wmakerChange the last line to launch your window maanger, and relaunch X11.app. You can also read quartz-wm manual to find two hidden Defaults commands. I didn't try this with KDE or Gnome, only with Windowmaker, the only alternative window manager I have on my computer.
[robg adds: For those too lazy to fire up X11 to read the quartz-wm man pages, here are the hidden commands:
CUSTOMIZATION quartz-wm can be customized using the defaults(1) command. The avail- able options are: defaults write com.apple.x11 wm_ffm -bool true Enables focus-follows-mouse mode. Windows belonging to the X server may then be focused by moving the pointer over them, as well as the default mode of clicking in them. defaults write com.apple.x11 wm_click_through -bool true Disables the default behavior of swallowing window-activating mouse events.I know a few people have been asking about those features in X11 ... I had no idea they were already there!]
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