On 12/30/05, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does one paste with X11 running on OS X?
Depends on what you are pasting to and from. > The "normal" way to paste in X11 is to highlight some text and then > press the middle mouse button. option+button1 == button2 ctrl+button1 == button3 > An alternate way for pasting is to > press the keys Shift+Ins. However, a Mac only has a single mouse > button and does not have an Ins key (nor a Del key). fn+delete is forward-delete character. > How does one paste? First you have to copy. Here are the four possible scenarios: 1. X11 to X11 Copy: highlight Paste: option+button1 2. OS X to OS X Copy: highlight cmd+c Paste: cmd+v 3. X11 to OS X Copy: highlight cmd+c Paste: cmd+v 4. OS X to X11 Copy: highlight cmd+c Paste: option+button1 > Attach a 3-button mouse? Mac OS X does support three-button and scroll-wheel mice. dd -- David Dooling _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
