From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 28 23:21:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA12806 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:21:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA12799 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:21:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA22618; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:21:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:21:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Terry Todd cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X windows cut and paste In-Reply-To: <199711221425.IAA04340@badger.tltodd.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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