Howto: Copy&Paste

Ok, I know I’ve whinged about Copy & Paste before. It just seems to have got worse. Maybe I am becoming more inept.

Though I have a dream. A dream whereby I can copy and paste the URL bar of my Firefox with:

1. CTRL+L
2. CTRL+C
3. Alt+1 (switch to uxterm)
4. Middle click into uxterm or shift+insert on keyboard

Instead of the nightmare right now:

1. CTRL+L
2. CTRL+C
3. Alt+1 (switch to uxterm)
4. Middle click into uxterm
5. Wrong text! (if you are using vim and pasting a lot of text, hilarious consequences ensue)
6. Undo damage
7. Alt+2 (switch to firefox)
8. Find correct tab
9. CTRL+L
10. Double click with LMB (i hate having to use the mouse here)
11. Pray
12. Double click with LMB again just to be sure
13. Alt+1 (switch to uxterm)
14. Middle click into uxterm