On Oct 14, 2014, at 2:10 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 09:01:52PM -0500, Dan McGhee wrote: >> >> On Oct 13, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On my netbook, which is currently labouring in a second attempt to >>> build libreoffice (and this time I suppose I'll have to try to debug >>> the problem if it fails :-( ) I have a two-button mouse. Paste >>> fails to work in either Xorg or gpm. For Xorg, I can see that I >>> need to add the Emulate3Buttons option, which I will do after the >>> libreoffice build stops (hopefully, that will be in a day or two). >>> >>> But for gpm - is it possible to paste when a middle button is not >> >> Yes it is. In a non-X environment just press the right button. In X right >> button should open a window menu with “paste” in it. Then, of course, >> there’s always CTRL-SHIFT-V. >> >> It just occurred to me. Are you sure you’re copying? With GPM without X, >> hold SHIFT while pressing left button. Then right button to paste. Once >> again, after you “select” a right click *should* get you a window menu with >> “copy” in it. >> >> Dan > > Thanks for the suggestions, but no joy. It seems likely that I was > only highlighting, instead of copying, but now that I have xorg > running I just tried again in a tty. Also, it's technically a > trackpad [ makes a difference in evdev.conf ] and holding shift > while manipulating the trackpad and holding down the left button is > very hard (I normally use my index fingers for trackpad/buttons) so > I'll probably dispense with gpm on this machine. I re-read what I wrote last night and I wasn’t entirely clear. I apologize. In and X environment, you don’t need to hold the SHIFT key. Just the left mouse button and drag across your selection. Then to paste, it’s CTRL-SHIFT-V or right click and open the menu. OR, open Edit on the menu bar and select “Paste.” It even works the same on an iMac. :) Sorry for the confusion. Dan -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
