Why xsel doesnt update the selection output when I'm selecting nothing?

kfish / xsel

A command-line program for getting and setting the contents of the X selection

http://www.kfish.org/software/xsel/

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Closed seujorgenochurras closed 5 months ago

seujorgenochurras commented 1 year ago

I'm not sure if I understood it right, but why xsel doesnt display nothing when I'm not selecting? Instead it displays the last thing I selected

kfish commented 5 months ago

I think that's just how X selection works, whichever app is the current selection owner will answer requests for the selected text.

seujorgenochurras commented 5 months ago

I don't even remember why I needed this lol