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PuTTY/KiTTY/etc. have an option to bring up a right-click menu with a Paste option in it, rather than instantly pasting.
The problem with this is that if there is a selection in the terminal then that selection is pasted, rather than the contents of the clipboard.
This is obviously bad behaviour and seems to be a problem related to the interaction of the xterm versus a proper Windows app? How can we disable this "function"?
Coxy
Posted 2012-05-29T02:36:35.323
Reputation: 1 586
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The problem with this is that if there is a selection in the terminal then that selection is pasted, rather than the contents of the clipboard.
Yes and no.
In PuTTY, selecting text copies it to the clipboard, so the clipboard's previous content gets replaced by the selection. (source)
There is no way to disable this feature. (source)
Dennis
Posted 2012-05-29T02:36:35.323
Reputation: 42 934
2Also, if you copy something else to clipboard after making the selection in PuTTY, the selection disappears. So I guess the only real answer is don't select something in the PuTTY window before you paste into it. – bfhd – 2012-05-29T04:05:08.653
Yes. To avoid overwriting it again, I assume. – Dennis – 2012-05-29T04:10:31.730
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I think I found the lines in the PuTTY 0.62 that overwrites the Windows clipboard when you finish selecting some text in the terminal.
Lines 6109-6110 in terminal.c:
clipme(term, term->selstart, term->selend,
(term->seltype == RECTANGULAR), FALSE);
Unfortunately after going to the hassle of installing mingw I was unable to compile KiTTY from source and so leave this tidbit for future generations.
Coxy
Posted 2012-05-29T02:36:35.323
Reputation: 1 586
What about the PuTTY 0.62 source? KiTTY adds a lot of extra features, so its source is likely more complex. – Lèse majesté – 2012-05-29T07:53:05.873
@Lèsemajesté: That's certainly possible, but I would rather use KiTTY with this xterm selection behaviour than PuTTY without it. – Coxy – 2012-05-30T00:13:07.390
What version are you using? Using PuTTY beta 0.62 it successfully brings up the context menu on a right-click. – bfhd – 2012-05-29T03:30:15.890
sure, but then select paste and it will paste the selection rather than the clipboard contents. Check out the pic I posted. – Coxy – 2012-05-29T03:51:36.667