Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 22:16:43 GMT From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/174134: [patch] faq: #text-mode-cut-paste Message-ID: <201212042216.qB4MGh8M019705@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201212042220.qB4MK0Sj029132@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 174134 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] faq: #text-mode-cut-paste >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 04 22:20:00 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bas Smeelen >Release: 9.1 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD cfd 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243853: Tue Dec 4 08:00:50 CET 2012 root@cfd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: small update copy and paste on console with the mouse buttons is actually cut and paste >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: cfd:/usr/doc/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq % svn diff Index: book.xml =================================================================== --- book.xml (revision 40267) +++ book.xml (working copy) @@ -2235,13 +2241,14 @@ </question> <answer> - <para>Once you get the mouse daemon running (see the <link - linkend="moused">previous section</link>), hold down the - button 1 (left button) and move the mouse to select a region - of text. Then, press the button 2 (middle button) to paste - it at the text cursor. Pressing button 3 (right button) - will <quote>extend</quote> the selected region of - text.</para> + <para>Cut and paste is not supported. It is in fact a copy + and paste operation. Once you get the mouse daemon running + (see the <link linkend="moused">previous section</link>), + hold down the button 1 (left button) and move the mouse to + select a region of text. Then, press the button 2 (middle button) + to paste it at the text cursor. Pressing button 3 (right button) + will <quote>extend</quote> the selected region of + text.</para> <para>If your mouse does not have a middle button, you may wish to emulate one or remap buttons using mouse daemon >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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