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I use it all the time, even with a scroll-wheel; far more than I use ctrl-C/V.

Everyone suggesting to use ctrl-c/v is not often using a terminal i guess ;)

So now in the future i have to select test in a terminal with the mouse, right click, click copy and then hit ctrl-v or right click again, whereas now i just select text and hit the middle mouse?!

Please, leave the middle-mouse-paste an option or atleast make it a gnome-extension :(

you can use Ctrl+C outside the terminal and then Ctrl+Shift+V to paste into it (similarly Ctrl+Shift+C for copying from terminal)

btw, I also use clicking the scroll-wheel to paste all the time

I didn't even know ctrl+shift works BUT also i like to keep my fingers in tact ( = pressing ctrl+shift+c feels like a complicated yoga-practice)

well, it depends on what terminal emulator you use but both guake and terminator support ctrl+shift+c / ctrl+shift+v. i agree though that using the middle mouse-button is much easier

The nice thing with X is that you can use both! CRTL-C/V and the middle mouse button use different clipboards. I use both at the same time, it' quite handy when you need to copy/paste from different sources in the same app.

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