[96398] in RedHat Linux List
Re: x questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick O'Neil)
Mon Oct 26 22:12:43 1998
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 04:08:25 +0000
From: "Patrick O'Neil" <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu>
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Sindu wrote:
[...]
> >>2. how do i cut&paste between window just like in m$ windows?
> >Depends on the window manager. But, in general you just highlight the
> >text and then you use the middle mouse button to paste the text.
> well, it seems i configure my mouse wrong, because my middle mouse button
> won't work
>
> could someone recommend what window manager is good as i'm new to this x?
> how about kde?
I started out with the default RH fvwm2 and am now on KDE as the default
and also have Window Maker (very nice looking), Enlightenment (VERY nice
looking but still very alpha/beta), icewm (somewhat based on the OS/2
WPS, and plan to add/try Blackbox next.
For your purposes, the easiest overall is likely to be KDE.
Once you are up and running, you could start looking into the other
window managers (KDE comes with kwm, its window manager) and how to
configure them. Some are somewhat complex to fiddle with while others
are about as easy as KDE (though, perhaps, even less limited overall).
As for your mouse, it does sound like you misconfigured it. You will
want to redo it. You quickly come to count on the left and middle
mouse/trackman buttons to do your text cut-n-paste. It is quite nice.
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