Sounds weird, perhaps you've tried already but did you just highlight
the word in the xterm (without clicking) to copy it and then (in some
other place) press the middle (button 2) to paste it?I saw some
friends having this little problem time ago.
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On Nov 12, 2009, at 3:11 PM, dbl...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi,
I am having trouble with pasting text into xterm windows, in
cygwin1.7. The problem I'm having seems like the same one recently
reported in this thread 'Cut & Paste problem between X windows'.
However, I am using a microsoft mouse (the problem in that thread
was with a logitech mouse). I was wondering if anybody else is
seeing the problem with a microsoft mouse, and whether there is a
workaround/fix.
I installed cygwin1.7 yesterday (in place of 1.5 which I had been
using). Basically, I can select text in an xterm using mouse buttons
1 and 3, but cannot paste using button 2. Clicking with button 2 has
no effect.
In general, cygwinx is recognizing mouse button 2, as I can use it
for other things in other X clients without any problems. Also, I've
tried xev, and can see the ButtonPress and ButtonRelease events for
button 2.
I tried installing the microsoft intellipoint software, and in it, I
set the action for button 2 to 'Middle Click'. This seemed
equivalent to what was suggested previously for the logitech mouse,
using the logitech 'setpoint' software. But this didn't seem to have
any effect.
One other issue, not sure if this is related, but when I select text
in an xterm, I cannot paste it in windows. It seems like the
selection is not being shared between cygwinx and windows, like it
was with cygwin1.5. I am starting Xwin.exe with the -clipboard
option, just as I was with cygwin1.5, but selection sharing just
doesn't seem to work.
Anybody have any ideas about these problems? Thanks!
-Dave Levi
dbl...@comcast.net
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