Hmmm, none of that works for me.
Highlighting (with the left-mouse button) does the "copy" automatically and
then middle-button (or roller, or on a two-button mouse simultaneously
clicking both buttons) does the paste. Depending on the application program,
mouse position when doing the paste is critical to getting the squirted text
into the right place.
Right-click, on the other hand, always brings up a menu on my systems and is
almost always application specific. Some of those menus mention "Copy" and I
guess it will copy what has been previously high-lighted, but that option
isn't very universal.
And finally, yeah, there are some programs that don't follow this copy/paste
convention, most notably those attempting to be like their Windows
counterparts (e.g., OpenOffice). Some of them even break the cut/paste
operation described above.
On Tuesday 21 June 2005 08:54, Erik Bixby wrote:
> To the best of my knowledge, there is more than one way that copying
> and pasting is handled, in X. I believe highlighting and clicking
> with the middle button (wheel) is more universal. Using an
> application's copy function seems to be somewhat limitted, as far as
> support by other applications. Whenever I have trouble, I try the
> highlight/middle click route, and it seems to work...
>
> If anyone could shed more light on how copying and pasting are
> handled, and possibly even include a link, I'd appreciate it. I'd
> like to *know*, not just recall hearing from others... :)
> -Erik
>
> On 6/20/05, unixprgrmr01@netscape.net <unixprgrmr01@netscape.net> wrote:
> > After I use the right click copy, the normal linux copy and paste
> > function of the left button and then the wheel do not work.
--
Ed Skinner,
ed@flat5.net,
http://www.flat5.net/
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