Linux handles the clipboard and cut and paste in a way that is unfamiliar to Windows users, and further, does not handle it consistently between applications. Here are some useful resources.

This is touched on on other WikiLearn pages -- do searches on "clipboard" and for example, "paste".

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Recommended

I've read these, possibly not thoroughly or completely, but enough to believe that they are very useful generally for the subject of this page:

• http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/clipboards.txt -- Seems to be a rather authoritative discussion on the subject.

Recommended for Specific Needs

I've read parts (or all) of these, possibly not thoroughly or completely, but enough to believe that they are useful for specific items related to the subject of this page:

Skimmed or Visited Briefly

I have not read these thoroughly, and certainly not enough to list them as recommended, but I list them here as they may be useful, and for further evaluation in the future:

Recommended by Others

These links have been recommended to me, or I've found reference to them, but haven't read them (possibly haven't even visited them):

Contributors

• RandyKramer - 30 Apr 2002
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