From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 22 06:43:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA08539 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 06:43:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA08528 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 06:43:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.8.7/8.8.3) id JAA00917; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 09:43:18 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971122094318.44501@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 09:43:18 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X windows cut and paste References: <199711221425.IAA04340@badger.tltodd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Description: email message X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199711221425.IAA04340@badger.tltodd.com>; from Terry Todd on Sat, Nov 22, 1997 at 08:25:21AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Nov 22, 1997 at 08:25:21AM -0600, 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. > > Terry Todd Try enabling/uncommenting Emulate3Buttons and Emulate3Timeout in /etc/XF86Config. Restart X, select some text, push both buttons at the same time to paste the selected text. IMHO, if you perform a lot of "cut-n-paste", you would benefit from the acquisition of a three-button mouse. -- Regards, Norm