Copy words still broken

[Karl Larsen]

David Boles wrote:
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> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> David Boles wrote:
>> 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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>>    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.
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>>    But this is NOT what I am talking about. Here is an example:
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>> 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.
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>> This does not work and I am now thinking it is a bug that needs reporting.
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> Ah! In terminal windows? Not in applications? It, both, work for me (I
> hate those kind of statements ;-) )
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> GNOME? KDE? I can look if GNOME. KDE is not my place.
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> But now we have some place to look. Some *exact* tests/examples that I
> can try to duplicate.
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>   David
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    Use the example that is above this starting with open two Terminal 
windows. I was told my problem was a stuck key on my keyboard. But 2 
keyboards act the same.



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