diff --git a/Xresources b/Xresources
index 261ba2e..a1576f2 100644
--- a/Xresources
+++ b/Xresources
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ URxvt*boldItalicFont:       xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book:size=10, \
                             xft:Droid Sans Japanese:style=Regular, \
                             xft:unifont:style=Medium
 ! Font size
-URxvt*keysym.C-Up:     perl:font-size:increase
-URxvt*keysym.C-Down:   perl:font-size:decrease
-URxvt*keysym.C-S-Up:   perl:font-size:incglobal
-URxvt*keysym.C-S-Down: perl:font-size:decglobal
 
 ! Scrollbar
 URxvt*scrollStyle:          rxvt
@@ -56,9 +52,18 @@ URxvt*scrollBar:            true
 URxvt*scrollBar_right:      true
 
 ! Perl extensions
-URxvt*perl-ext-common:      default,matcher,font-size
-URxvt*url-launcher:         xdg-open
-URxvt*matcher.button:       1
+URxvt.perl-ext-common:      default,selection-to-clipboard,url-select,keyboard-select,matcher,font-size
+URxvt.url-select.launcher:  xdg-open
+URxvt.url-select.underline: true
+URxvt.matcher.button:       1
+URxvt.keysym.M-u:           perl:url-select:select_next
+URxvt.keysym.M-Escape:      perl:keyboard-select:activate
+URxvt.keysym.M-s:           perl:keyboard-select:search
+URxvt.keysym.C-Up:          perl:font-size:increase
+URxvt.keysym.C-Down:        perl:font-size:decrease
+URxvt.keysym.C-S-Up:        perl:font-size:incglobal
+URxvt.keysym.C-S-Down:      perl:font-size:decglobal
+
 
 ! Cursor
 URxvt*cursorBlink:          true
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 59de79a..02c97b2 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ set hidden
 set ttyfast
 set synmaxcol=512               " Limit syntax highlighting to 512 characters per line
 set modeline                    " Use file-specific settings, if available.
-set nobackup
+set nobackup                      " Make backup files.
 set noswapfile
 set mouse=a                     " Mouse support everywhere.
 set mousehide                   " Auto-hide cursor while typing.
@@ -89,12 +89,7 @@ let g:netrw_liststyle=3         " Use tree style directory listing.
 set background=dark
 set path+=**
 
-" Writes to the unnamed register also writes to the * and + registers. This
-" makes it easy to interact with the system clipboard
-set clipboard^=unnamed
-if has ('unnamedplus')
-  set clipboard^=unnamedplus
-endif
+set clipboard^=unnamedplus
 
 " }}}
 
diff --git a/xinitrc b/xinitrc
index 04af3f3..eb8f33c 100755
--- a/xinitrc
+++ b/xinitrc
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
 xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local
 xset fp rehash
 
+# sync primary and secondary clipboard
+autocutsel -fork &
+autocutsel -selection PRIMARY -fork &
+
+
 echo $1 > ~/.xinitrc-arg
 
 case $1 in