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rvense on Oct 23, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: My transition to an Ubuntu workstation

Because this is how copy-paste always worked on X11.

I'm used to it, so I hate apps that don't respect it. The option to disable it is an app-specific option to override the environment's default behaviour.

satanspastaroll on Oct 23, 2019 [–]

Is there a way to globally disable middle mouse paste on X11? I don't really use it anywhere, and when i do, it's mostly by accident

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