Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 19:24:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xterm texts Message-ID: <199710122324.TAA06734@current.willscreek.com> In-Reply-To: <87407223@toto.iv>
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Gordon Wang wrote:
> Dear Sir
> I am a FreeBSD 2.2.1 user.
> I use fvwm2.0.
> What should I do if I want to copy the texts on a Xterm window?
Type `man xterm' and read the docs. Here's a pertinent excerpt:
Pointer button one (usually left) is used to save text into the cut
buffer. Move the cursor to beginning of the text, and then hold the
button down while moving the cursor to the end of the region and
releasing the button. The selected text is highlighted and is saved
in the global cut buffer and made the PRIMARY selection when the
button is released. Double-clicking selects by words.
Triple-clicking selects by lines. Quadruple-clicking goes back to
characters, etc. Multiple-click is determined by the time from
button up to button down, so you can change the selection unit in
the middle of a selection. If the key/button bindings specify that
an X selection is to be made, xterm will leave the selected text
highlighted for as long as it is the selection owner.
Pointer button two (usually middle) `types' (pastes) the text from
the PRIMARY selection, if any, otherwise from the cut buffer,
inserting it as keyboard input.
Pointer button three (usually right) extends the current selection.
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Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/
Let he who takes the plunge remember to return it by Tuesday.
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