From 566cb038e41ff1b481d526a93a0479097934f1db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marco Hinz Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:23:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clipboard: use table for neater presentation --- README.md | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5dd6c3d..ea8986b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -639,12 +639,10 @@ Program A: respond to request and send data to Program B Program B: receives data from Program A and inserts it into the window ``` -- **PRIMARY selection**: Used when you select text in any application. - Afterwards it can be pasted somewhere else via `middle-click` or - `shift+insert`. In Vim you access the selection using the `*` register. -- **CLIPBOARD selection**: Used when you copy/paste like you would normally do, - via `ctrl+c`/`ctrl+v` and the likes. In Vim you access this selection by using - the `+` register. +| Selection | When used? | How to paste? | How to access from Vim? | +|-----------|------------|---------------|-------------------------| +| PRIMARY | Selecting text | `middle-click`, `shift+insert` | `*` register | +| CLIPBOARD | Selecting text and `ctrl+c` | `ctrl+v` | `+` register | **NOTE**: Selections (no, not even the CLIPBOARD selection) are never kept in the X server! Thus you lose the data copied with `ctrl+c` when the application