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Date:      Wed, 2 May 2001 15:21:58 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
To:        "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@jeah.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Silly Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105021517440.20412-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010502154847.S36126-100000@awww.jeah.net>

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Jonathan M. Slivko wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:

> Sorry for the silly question,
> 
> But, how do I cut and paste using FreeBSD? I haven't yet learned how
> to do that as I am basically moving over from Windows now and i don't
> know all that much about the inner-workings of FreeBSD.

:-)

Assuming you have moused running and working correctly (do you get a
moving cursor in your terminals?) highlight the section you want (click
and drag with the left mouse button). You can double click to select
entire words, triple click to select entire lines, etc.

Then, position the TEXT cursor in the desired area (with cursor movement
keys probably) and click the middle mouse button. (If you've only got a
two button mouse, try clicking both left and right simultaneously).

This works (sometimes with a few slight differences) equally well in
console or X sessions.

- Ryan

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