Copy words still broken

[Karl Larsen]

David Boles wrote:
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> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> David Timms wrote:
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>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>>    With about 7 reboots and looking at the motherboard book I am
>>>> certain the mouse and the keyboard are plugged in properly. But when
>>>> I press both the left and right mouse buttons I always get not what I
>>>> expect but a panel much like the Edit key shows when clicked. It is
>>>> not always the same. But never is it what I am used to getting.
>>>>
>>>>    I put a lot of print on a terminal window and then select some of
>>>> it. Then try to let it appear on another terminal window but all I
>>>> get is the darn old panel. I'm now certain it is a system problem but
>>>> I have no idea what.
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>>> Are you in the gui {gnome?} or vt1..4 ?
>>>
>>> If you are talking gnome-terminal:
>>> both click = middle click button3 = paste what is currently
>>> highlighted into the current edit position. {ie the command that is
>>> being entered at the bottom of the terminal}.
>>>
>>> Sometimes it rather difficult to get the both click timing correct.
>>>
>>> On a wheel mouse {mine} pushing the wheel down {into the mouse} also
>>> does the middle / button 3 click.
>>>
>>> You could also ctrl-alt-c to copy and then ctrl-alt-v to paste the text.
>>>
>>> DaveT.
>>>
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>>    Hi Dave, tried your ideas and none worked :-(
>>
>> The ctrl-Alt-c and v work exactly like the mouse which is a Logitec
>> track-ball with two switches. I have fooled around with the mouse and
>> keyboard. It appears the keyboard will work if plugged into EITHER ps2
>> ports, even though one is labeled mouse and the other keyboard. I just
>> noticed the mouse has a USB plug which was in a USB-to-ps2 converter
>> plug. So I took off the converter and plugged the mouse into a USB port
>> and it works fine.
>>
>>    The ability to copy any words from one thing to another has been a
>> great improvement over Windows for 10 years.
>>     
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> It is called 'cut and paste' and uses the clipboard BTW.
>
> But are you *ever out of date* Karl! I can't recall if this worked in
> Windows 3.11. But it, 'cut and paste', works in Windows '95, '98, ME,
> NT4, 2000, XP-Home, Xp-Pro, 2003, and Vista.
>
> This quote, for example, is a cut and past done in Windows from Firefox
> 2.0.0.9 to Thunderbird 2.0.0.6. I happen to be in Windows XP Pro. Work
> stuff happening at the moment. ;-)
>
> quote from CNN
>
> Delta-United merger plan aired
>
> Delta Air Lines said Wednesday it is open to a deal with another airline
> in the wake of a push by a major shareholder to combine Delta with
> United Airlines. Delta denies talks have officially opened, but any
> merger could be an answer to soaring jet fuel costs. It could also
> reduce the choices for passengers.
>
> end quote from CNN
>
> Is that what you seem to be lacking in Fedora 8? Check your settings? It
> works in my Fedora. Always has for as long as I can recall.
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>   David
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    The clipboard works fine Dave. I can write a thing in gedit and 
select all and copy to the clipboard and then put in a email with the 
paste command. This has been in both Windows and Linux a long time.

    But this is NOT what I am talking about. Here is an example:

Open two Terminal windows.
In one use "more" to display some lines of a file.
With your mouse select 5 lines from the file.
With your mouse put those 5 lines in the second Terminal window.

This does not work and I am now thinking it is a bug that needs reporting.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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