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In Unix, unlike Windows, in order to copy a text you just need to highlight the text you want to copy. I really hate this feature because sometimes I highlight without intention text I don't want to copy and it overrides the last text I really wanted to copy.
Do you know any way to tell Unix not to copy anything by highlight, but only by a hotkey.
 
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Unix itself does not do this. But the window manager you are using does.

I assume you are running a Linux distribution? Which one?
 
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