Re: html links from chrome and clipboard

> There are two different mechanisms at work: > > 1) The basic X Windows Cut Buffer facility wherein you highlight > something and can then paste it using the middle button. This should > work everywhere, i.e. AFAIK it's implemented directly by X and doesn't > require cooperation from the app. > This isn't quite true. If I understand correctly applciations either use the cut buffer or primary buffer for this. While the cut buffer is held by the root window the primary buffer makes a request from the application (in X primary buffer acts the same way as clipboard buffer), which is why selecting from gedit and using middle button paste only works while the source window is open, but selection from a terminal can still be pasted after it is closed.