Bryan Kane wrote: > p.s. Side question: Is there a way in Xterm or eterm > or another option to copy text (as above) and paste it > into another application? I had to use Gnome terminal > to copy the above error messages into this email.
I don't know eterm, but xterm uses the old (pre-Macintosh) convention where button 1 selects, button 2 pastes the current selection, button 3 extends the current selection. Button 1 single-click sets one end of the selection. Button 1 double-click selects the nearest word and sets one end of the selection. Button 1 triple-click selects the nearest line and sets one end of the selection. Button 1 drag extends the seelection. Button 3 single-click extends the existing selection from wherever you set it with Button 1 to the cursor location. Button 3 double-click extends and selects words. Button 3 triple-click extends and selects lines. It's very general, but not very intuitive. Apple dumbed this down to where the rest of us can understand and remember it, and variants on Apple's version are most common today. So, to select some lines, triple-click on the first line with button 1, then click the last line with button 3, then click button 2 where you want to paste the lines in. If your mouse is set up right-handed, Button 1 is on the left. If it's left-handed, Button 1 is on the right. Button 3 is on the other side. If you have a three button mouse, Button 2 is in the middle. If you have a wheel mouse, Button 2 is probably clicked by pushing the wheel down. If you have a two button mouse (no wheel), Button 2 is triggered by pushing both buttons simultaneously. I'll reply to your main question in a minute. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
