Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:26:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copying and pasting text w/ mouse Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030815172419.11577E-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <001101c3636a$f0e24630$04fea8c0@moe>
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Charles Howse wrote: > FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE, no gui. > > In Linux, I can left-drag to select text in the console, then > right-click to paste it to the command line. My FreeBSD Unleashed book > says the mouse can be configured to copy and paste from the console in > FreeBSD, but darned if I can figure out how to do it. > > I've used sysinstall to configure the mouse, I get a Windows-style mouse > pointer, I can select text by dragging, but can't paste. > > Is there a magic word (Abra-ca-dabra!) one has to mumble to paste in the > console? The two typical tricks are (1) press the middle mouse button (or emulated middle mouse button), or (2) press shift-insert on the keyboard. If you don't have a middle mouse button, you can add/merge the following line to your /etc/rc.conf: moused_flags="-3" This will emulate the three button mouse by having you press both mouse buttons to indicate a third button click. Or, if you're using a USB mouse, you'll need to update the equivilent lines in usbd.conf. I believe the shift-insert support has been merged -- this is my personal favorite pasting mechanism, and it also works with good xterm implementations. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
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