If the mouse does not have a middle button it sometimes works to press left and right simultanously. The wheel can also sometimes be pressed as a middle button.
2008/4/9, bill lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Under Linux there are 2 "clipboard", one is that provided by applications > using control-c/control-v. Another is the "selection" provided by x-window > infra-structure that should be available in all x-window applications unless > overrided. In this mode you just use the mouse to select a region, no need > to right-click or press any key. Then position the mouse pointer to another > application's window and then press the middle button to paste the > selection. I guess all linux gui applications are x-window based so that it > should work for you. > > > Tracy Harms wrote: > > > Bill wrote: > > > > It works fine for me. > > > You may try using x-window selection: use mouse to highlight the block > > > you want, no need to press control-c. Then on firefox, paste by pressing > > > the middle button on mouse. > > > > > > > It does not matter how I copy text in the J windowed console, except > > that I cannot use right-button clipboard actions. I get no right-button > > menu when in the J window. > > > > I can copy using control-c, the menu item, or wdclipwrite. Regardess, > > Firefox indicates that the clipboard is empty. Other programs show the > > clipboard as containing what I copied or cut while in J. If I take text from > > one of those applications, instead, Firefox finds the clipboard contents as > > expected. > > -- > > Tracy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > > Total Access, No Cost. > > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Fornustekkum II, 781 Hornafirði Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) `. )----' (")_(")
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