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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:21:32 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Terry Todd <tlt@badger.tltodd.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X windows cut and paste
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971128232059.22417e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199711221425.IAA04340@badger.tltodd.com>

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On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Terry Todd wrote:

> 
> How does one cut and paste between X windows?  I can highlight text
> with the left mouse button but can't figure out how to get it into
> the paste buffer and how to paste it in another window.  Where's the
> documentation on how to do this?  I'm just running X and twm and
> a few xterm windows.  I have a 2 button PS2 mouse.

Just press the middle button (both buttons) to paste.  Selecting
automatically performs a copy.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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