-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Karl Larsen wrote: > David Boles wrote: > Karl Larsen wrote: > >>>> David Timms wrote: >>>> >>>>> Karl Larsen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> 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. >>>> > > 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 But are you *ever out of date* Karl!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. > >> > 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. Ah! In terminal windows? Not in applications? It, both, work for me (I hate those kind of statements ;-) ) GNOME? KDE? I can look if GNOME. KDE is not my place. But now we have some place to look. Some *exact* tests/examples that I can try to duplicate. - -- David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFHO321AO0wNI1X4QERAgniAKDyZBKMojx2GMHLtwcgIs1m7kBB3wCeJ5XG Tf9Dg7vfWAJzGnR6D6KVpj8= =EBKp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list