xterm (or x11) pastes are highlighted

[René Berber]

On 3/17/2022 1:03 PM, n952162 wrote:

> Does anyone know how I can disable the highlighting that occurs when I
> copy and paste in xterm?
> 
> Escape sequences are added to achieve that and sometimes they're not
> being properly interpreted.
> 
> Why would I want that anyway?

The same thing happens to (plain, non X windows) mintty.

It started recently, maybe a couple of weeks.  No idea how to fix it, 
haven't really tried.

Very annoying.
-- 
R. Berber