[ILUG] Gnome clipboard

[Pádraig Brady]

Lars Hecking wrote:
>  Can someone explain how the clipboard works under gnome (CentOS5) and how,
>  if at all, it can be configured. Cut and paste truly sucks as it is now.
> 
>  I expect to be able to select some text with the mouse and then use the
>  middle button to paste it somewhere. This fails completely if the marked
>  text contains characters like "'" (single quote). So, what is the magic
>  to make this work?

I've never noticed an issue like that.
Have you glipper or something running?

Pádraig.