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On systems without a middle mouse button it is not always obvious how to
paste the selection into an xterm window.

For our convenience I added the custom key binding Ctrl-Shift-v +
Ctrl-Shift-c to make our lives a little less annoying.

We also lack documentation on what is currently configured and how to
change it. In an attempt to improve the situation, I have added some
online links and some detailed comments on the lines I have added.

Note, that the last escaped newline (\n\) is not needed, but makes it
easier to add more key bindings.

Closes: #6
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jkirk committed Sep 6, 2023
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!###############################################################################
! Notice: apply changes via running 'xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources'
! run "xprop WM_CLASS" to find out title of windows
!
! Documentation:
!
! * xterm(1)
! * http://tqd1.physik.uni-freiburg.de/library/SGI_bookshelves/SGI_Developer/books/XLib_WinSys/sgi_html/ch08.html
! * https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/X_resources
!
!###############################################################################

! Grml Custom Key Bindings
!
! See: *Default Key Bindings* + *Custom Key Bindings* in xterm(1)
!
! The default bindings to paste a selection are Shift-Insert + second (usually
! middle) mouse button:
!
! Shift <KeyPress> Insert: insert-selection(SELECT, CUT_BUFFER0)
! ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Up>:insert-selection(SELECT, CUT_BUFFER0)
!
! We have added Ctrl-Shift-c + Ctrl-Shift-v to be able to copy/paste using the
! CLIPBOARD selection type. This is also useful if there is no middle mouse
! button and you are not used to the Shift-Insert shortcut:

*VT100.translations: #override \n\
Ctrl Shift <Key>V: insert-selection(SELECT, CLIPBOARD) \n\
Ctrl Shift <Key>C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\

! If you do not have any iso8859-15 fonts, use iso8859-1
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15

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