From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 26 23: 2:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net (goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61A1737B402 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:02:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdn-ar-007dcwashp298.dialsprint.net ([63.178.90.164] helo=moo.holy.cow) by goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16fy6b-0000gv-00; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:02:26 -0800 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2F3BA50BA9; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 02:04:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 02:04:35 -0500 From: parv To: Patrick Thomas Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I cut and paste in console mode ? Message-ID: <20020227070434.GA56728@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Patrick Thomas , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20020226211804.W41069-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020226211804.W41069-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG in message <20020226211804.W41069-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com>, wrote Patrick Thomas thusly... > > > I am not running X, I am simply in console mode. Question: > > How do I paste ? > > I tried both buttons at the same time, and I tried shift-insert. > No dice. > > I read in a news posting that console mode mouse will only paste > with the middle mouse button, but I don't have a middle mouse > button ... compile this option in your kernel... options SC_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE #options SC_ALT_MOUSE_IMAGE # show block cursor instead of "arrow" ...then you can paste w/ the button which can't be used for selecting text. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message