St now does only set PRIMARY on selection.

http://standards.freedesktop.org/clipboards-spec/clipboards-latest.txt

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index a494c7d..39a6836 100644 (file)
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -1079,16 +1079,9 @@ selrequest(XEvent *e) {
 
 void
 xsetsel(char *str) {
-       /* register the selection for both the clipboard and the primary */
-       Atom clipboard;
-
        free(sel.clip);
        sel.clip = str;
-
        XSetSelectionOwner(xw.dpy, XA_PRIMARY, xw.win, CurrentTime);
-
-       clipboard = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "CLIPBOARD", 0);
-       XSetSelectionOwner(xw.dpy, clipboard, xw.win, CurrentTime);
 }
 
 void