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GQ-03 : How do I copy and paste between two applications?

The behavior of the cut/copy/paste, when called through shortcut keys (CTRL+[x,c,v]), differs from one application to another. Linux provides another way of doing this:

• Highlight the text to be copied.
  
• Point the X pointer to the location where the copied text is to be placed and click the middle button to execute the paste action. If your mouse doesn't have a middle-button, you can simulate it by pressing the left and right buttons at the same time.

NOTE: Highlighting text overwrites the previous contents of the clipboard. To clear the contents of a textbox/editbox, click on the box to set the focus and press CTRL+U. You can middle-click afterwards to paste the contents of the clipboard.

Reference Link(s):
http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/clipboards.txt