From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philipp Stephani
> If I understand https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D384593,
> this functionality was disabled by default on Debian-based systems for=
> security reasons.
Ah, indeed I see in "man xterm" that allowWindowOps defaults to f= alse
and that disallowedWindowOps includes both GetSelection and SetSelection. If I try
=C2=A0 =C2=A0xterm -xrm '*.allowWindowOps: true'
Then things work.=C2=A0 Yay!
I don't see why SetSelection would be a serious security issue (tho
I guess if a program does the right SetSelection at the right time, you
could end up pasting dangerous commands into a shell).
For GetSelection, the problem can show up if you view "raw data" = without
going though a pager, but if your terminal is busy running Emacs you're=
safe ;-)