[Bug 104827] New - mouse selection doesn't use X selection unless SHIFTed

[bugzilla-daemon widget gnome org]

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104827

           Summary: mouse selection doesn't use X selection unless SHIFTed
           Product: vte
           Version: unspecified
                OS: other
        OS Details: garnome 0.20.0 on redhat 8.0 + some rawhide RPMs
            Status: NEW
 Status Whiteboard:
          Keywords: GNOMEVER2.1
        Resolution:
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: VteTerminal
        AssignedTo: nalin redhat com
        ReportedBy: galeon fischman org


Using vte-0.10.8 with gnome-terminal 2.1.4 out of garnome-0.20.0, selecting text with the mouse doesn't place the selected text in the X selection (XA_PRIMARY) buffer unless one uses the shift key while selecting.  This is non-standard X behaviour.  If the current behaviour is intentional and kept, there should be a menu option (perhaps under profiles) for setting the standard X behaviour, instead (so that unshifted mouse selection uses the PRIMARY selection as well).

Either way, the behaviour should probably be documented somewhere (either in gnome-terminal or in vte).