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Re: cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse
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Micah Cowan |
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Re: cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse |
Date: |
30 Oct 2003 23:36:21 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 |
Ian Zimmerman <bayard@newsguy.com> writes:
> Kevin> I have (global-unset-key [mouse-2]) in my .emacs so that wheel
> Kevin> does only scrolling and nothing else. (Otherwise it would paste
> Kevin> when clicked)
>
> Micah> Personally, I leave it set and just scroll the weel if I want to
> Micah> scroll, and click it if I want to paste.
>
> Kevin> I am not familiar with X windows methods and operations. So, how
> Kevin> do I cut, copy, and paste using the mouse? Do I have to
> Kevin> configure scroll mouse in a certain way? Does it matter that I
> Kevin> have pc-selection-mode turned on?
>
> man xmodmap(1) for how you can change the meaning of the mouse buttons
> from the shell. Then bind a short script doing that to a key in your
> window manager configuration, and another one to change the mapping
> back. Then you'll be able to paste with the right button (for example)
> as long as you're in that mode.
This won't help the OP, who (IIRC) indicated a Windows environ.
Cheers,
--
Micah J. Cowan
micah@cowan.name