Re: [aclug-L] cut and paste (gpm)

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Mike,

If you have a 3-button mouse and X recognizes all three buttons, then
to do a copy-and-paste operation:

1. Highlight the text you wish to copy by dragging with the left
   mouse button.
2. Move the pointer to where you want it to be inserted
3. Click the middle button once

There is no need to explicitly tell it to copy; this is done automatically.

FYI, gpm actually is for the console (not X) only, so it doesn't apply
here.

Hope this helps!

-- John

j m wagle <jmwagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> What am I doing wrong??  Should I be able to 'cut' a line from a
> file displayed in xterm and 'paste' in an email composition??
> 
> I have tried my mouse (microsoft 3 button /dev/cua0), using all the
> buttons and it doesn't seem to work.  
> 
> I do use the 'alt c' (cut) and the 'alt v' (paste) key sequences in
> mail compositions, but so far I haven't been able to transfer
> portions from one xterm to another. I am using Redhat 5.2 with a
> kernel I compiled (gpm 1.13-8 is installed).
> 
> 
> thanks,
> mike wagle, wichita
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