postlogic's privates

I know there are people who not necessarily know about these, and they sure as hell make life easier.

First, there's the issue of the two clipboards existing. One primary, which saves everything you mark (not dependant on X), and the other, often used by GTK+ and others, where you copy and paste text using more widely used methods, mod+c and mod+p. I've noticed that if you try to paste text you marked, then mod-copied, and then try pasting it by usign the normal middle-click, it won't paste, because the ctrl-c actually overrides. Atleast, that's what frequently happen in my experience.

In comes autocutsel to the rescue. This small utility can merge the two clipboards, so however you choose to copy and paste, it handles the same text. Install it through your favourite package manager. Place the following in ~/.xinitrc or similar:

autocutsel -selection PRIMARY -fork
autocutsel -selection CLIPBOARD -fork


The other one, which is not new, innovative or anything like that, is just as useful. Personally, I loathe the caps lock key. I don't need it, I don't want it, and I'm sure there are other ways to use it. Right now I have it mapped as another ctrl. Place the following in ~/.xinitrc (no install necessary):

setxkbmap ctrl:nocaps


CAPS IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

Hope this helps atleast someone! Cheers!