autocutsel clipboard and primary patch

<a href="https://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&#38;item_id=3367">
  <img class="right" src="/space/clip.png" /></a>

For the impatient:  
[Patch for autocutsel 0.7.0](/space/autocutsel_unified.v2.patch)  
[Autocutsel page](http://www.nongnu.org/autocutsel/)

I love [Firefox](http://mozilla.org/firefox/), but there are a few things about
it that annoy me. For example, [you can't paste the primary selection from the
keyboard.](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228011) I
[tried](/space/linking_libraries_with_mozilla_xpcom)
[hard](/space/trigger_scripts_for_mozilla_xpi_packages) to fix
this in mozilla itself, but in the end, I failed. :/

However, I found a great program called
[autocutsel](http://www.nongnu.org/autocutsel), written by Michael Witrant,
which synchronizes the cutbuffer and an X selection. With [a little
help](https://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=3367), it now
synchronizes both the clipboard and the primary selection. Problem solved!

See also:

  * [synchronizing GNU screen's paste buffer and the X
selection](/space/synchronizing_GNU_screens_paste_buffer_and_the_X_selection)
  * [why I don't run shells inside Emacs](/space/why_I_dont_run_shells_inside_Emacs)