On Thursday, October 14, 2010 05:22:33 Alex wrote: > > And you are missing the point. There are two separate processes. One > > of them copy/pastes to the system wide copy/paste "buffer", is the same > > as EDIT/copy and EDIT/paste in most menus, and can be bound to > > keystrokes or either c-c and c-v or similar. The other is done by just > > highlighting text with the mouse. You are describing the 2nd process. > > I was showing you that the 2 processes are separate and different. The > > OP was claiming that the 2nd process no longer worked for him (but I'm > > unsure on what version of Fedora he is running), but that using the > > copy/paste commands (not mouse clicks) worked for him, but he wanted the > > mouse stiff to work for him again.... > > Yes, that's correct. I know at some point in the distant past, when I > last really used Linux on the desktop, I was able to copy/paste by > just highlighting in X11 and ctrl-v to paste (without having to use > ctrl-c to copy), or just pressing the right mouse button in an xterm. Ummm, maybe in the distant past, I wouldn't know. But at least since Fedora Core 1, the "clipboard" (used by ctrl-c and ctrl-v) is completely separated from the "selection" (used by the mouse-left and mouse-middle buttons). I regularly use both in text editors, and enjoy the fact that that I can copy- paste something with a mouse while copy-pasting something else with the keyboard, at the same time. It can be quite neat (when editing TeX, for example), and I remember I've been using this since quite some time. The system behaves like having two separate clipboards, and I get extremely frustrated when I need to work in a Windows environment which has only one clipboard and no mouse selection functionality... :-) > The middle button is a bit difficult for me, because it tends to > scroll while I'm pressing down on it, causing weird results. I suggest you buy a mouse with a less sensitive wheel. I had the same problem with my old mouse. > i'm using FC13, but I really doubt it's related to the version. It's > such a fundamental feature that I can't see how it would have changed. I'd say it changed a looong time ago. I've used Linux since RH6.2 days, and don't remember that the two clipboards were ever shared in any way. And since FC1 onwards I do remember they are not shared. > Ideally, I'd like to be able to highlight text in any application and > have it automatically copied to the buffer, then use the right mouse > button, or ctrl-v, to paste somewhere else. Maybe this can be configured using some clipboard manager software or something. I never investigated it that much. But it isn't default behavior. Also, be aware that mouse copy-paste action is handled by two different services --- when you are in X, it is handled internally by X. When you are in the ctrl-alt-f2 terminal or such, it is handled by the gpm daemon service (which should be run automatically at boot time). You can read man gpm for more information about this. Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
