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Re: cut&paste doesn't work

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Mon Nov 16 02:42:29 1998

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:35:07 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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"Cai, Xuejun" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After I installed RH5.2 and booted to runlevel 5. I found cut&paste with
> mouse doesn't work in X applications. My X server is AX4.1, display
> manager is kdm and window manager is kde. In linux console the cut&paste
> fuction works well.
>
> Can you shed any lights on this?

In Netscape, cut and paste is similar to the W95 method:
cut = Alt-x
copy = Alt-c
paste = Alt-v       (or middle-mouse click, or left+right simultaneous)

In other X apps,
copy = wipe to highlight with left mouse

paste = middle mouse click, or left+right simultaneous mouse click

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Jan Carlson
janc@iname.com   Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2





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