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> only made because the same feature does not exist in MacOS.

Or in anything that's not X?

Speaking personally for me only, I don't think it's a great thing. The <however many> clipboards on Linux is... not really a great thing. I for one never know which of the buffers contain what. And this is compounded by the fact that selection may or may not overwrite what's in one of the buffers, and middle click may or may not paste whatever was in that buffer. Additionally compounded by how inconsistent the behavior is across apps.

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Sure, de gustibus non est disputandum.

I, for one, use the different clipboards concurrently all the time, with "highlight & middle-click" probably being the one I use most often. It's the most convenient for me most of the time:

- only two interactions (one drag & one click)

- completely mouse-based (no keyboard interaction necessary)

- hence only requires one hand (look, ma!)


> Sure, de gustibus non est disputandum.

Bo! Let's fight! And both get banned from HN :)




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