[96410] in RedHat Linux List
RE: x questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Garner)
Mon Oct 26 23:16:09 1998
From: "Simon Garner" <sgarner@expio.co.nz>
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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:11:26 +1300
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Hey,
> I don't know about your fonts. But, to copy-paste is very
> simple. Just
> select text with the left button of your mouse, then click on the middle
> button to paste.
>
> If you have a two button mouse, you just press both buttons
> at the same
> time. If this doesn't work, it is because of your /etc/XF86config file.
> Just run Xconfigurator or xf86config, which ever you like best and make
> sure to select emulate 3 buttons.
>
>
I don't actually use X, but listening to this conversation that sounds like
a very crappy way to do it. What if I'm typing? I don't want to have to
reach for the mouse just to copy and paste!
(I often use Shift+Cursors in M$ Windows to select text, then it's easy
to press Ctrl+C/X/V to copy/cut/paste.)
Surely there must be another way in X?
Simon Garner.
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