Re: Cut Paste problem between X windows
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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Cut Paste problem between X windows
Hi, I just discovered that setting LANG=en_US.UTF-8 in my environment solved the problem with pasting into an xterm. Not exactly sure why this fixed that problem, anybody know? I still have the problem with clipboard sharing between windows and cygwinx, though. Could this also be related to the LANG environment variable? Is there some other value other than en_US.UTF-8 required to get it to work? -Dave Levi dbl...@comcast.net - Original Message - From: dbl...@comcast.net To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:11:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: Cut Paste problem between X windows 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Cut Paste problem between X windows
dbl...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, I just discovered that setting LANG=en_US.UTF-8 in my environment solved the problem with pasting into an xterm. Not exactly sure why this fixed that problem, anybody know? I still have the problem with clipboard sharing between windows and cygwinx, though. Could this also be related to the LANG environment variable? Is there some other value other than en_US.UTF-8 required to get it to work? -Dave Levi dbl...@comcast.net Explicitly setting LANG=C (not C.UTF-8) enabled me to work around various X problems until enough other things were fixed. With the latest available X-org packages and the latest cygwin (released just in the last day or so) en_US.UTF-8 and C.UTF-8 started working for me *provided* I also installed several sets of fonts: font-daewoo-misc font-isas-misc font-jis-misc Apparently these were needed because X wants them around *in case* it needs their encodings -- but only demands them if LANG is set to a UTF-8 encoding (meaning: not in the LANG=C case). Cheers -- Eliot Moss -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Cut Paste problem between X windows
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. Sent from my iPod 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Cut Paste problem between X windows
Hi, I am assuming that you mean the XP control panel however I cannot see any option for middle button emulation. I an using the following command to start X XWin -nodecoration -clipboard Some further information: The mouse is a logitech MX600 laser cordless which has an additional rocker switch and button next to the left button, two thumb buttons on the side and the wheel also moves side to side for horizontal scrolling I am using the logitech setpoint utility within XP with the default settings, although these were also used on the previous setup. Cut and paste from a X-window to XP is working correctly but not the other way round as does scrolling within a terminal window. Running 'xev' to capture mouse and keyboard events I see button press and release events for buttons - 1 - Left button 3 - Right button 4 - Scroll wheel forward 5 - Scroll wheel backward 6 - Side button 1 7 - Side button 2 I also see key events for the remaining rocker and button normally used for zooming in out and return to 100% from within XP. I do not see any events when I click the wheel, presumably these would be button 2. There are also no events when I move the wheel sideways but I did not really expect any. It would appear that everything is working correctly except for middle button clicks not being recognised by the X server Thanks Steve -Original Message- From: Mike Ayers [mailto:mike_ay...@tvworks.com] Sent: 14 September 2009 23:14 To: st...@btinternet.com Cc: Wallace, Steve; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: RE: Cut Paste problem between X windows From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree- ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Steve Wallace Any text within X-term or urxvt is highlighted correctly but when clicking the centre mouse button it is not pasted into either the same x-term or any other. Please check your Control Panel Mouse settings to verify that you do not have middle button emulate enabled, which can mess with the second button, or anything else that might be re-interpreting the buttons. As a workaround, try using ctrl-insert to paste. this works for me both from X and Windows apps on XP. HTH, Mike Please visit our website - www.aiguk.co.uk AIG UK Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority. AIG UK Limited is a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG). AIG UK Limited Registered in England: company number 1486260 Registered address: The AIG Building, 58 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4AB, United Kingdom. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Cut Paste problem between X windows
Steve Wallace wrote, I am using the logitech setpoint utility within XP with the default settings, although these were also used on the previous setup. In setpoint (assuming it's similar to the version I have), there's a tab with 1. Select Mouse, 2. Select Button, and 3.Select Task Select your mouse model in 1, click on the middle button in 2, and in 3, you need to select Other. Then click on Select Functions. You should see a number of options. Select Middle Mouse and you should be in business. HTH, Phil -- This email has been scanned by Ascribe Ltd using Microsoft Antigen for Exchange. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Cut Paste problem between X windows
Hi Steve, I had the same problem time ago. What I normally do is just highlighting a text (withouth clicking!) and then click the middle button of the mouse in the xterm (and rxvt) whrere you have to paste it. If you don't have it, try to find one with that button! However, in the bash term is different, you have to change the properties and put quick mode, then highlight a text, press return and paste with the right button (this last directions just work under the bash term!). Hope this helps, Gery _ Descárgate Internet Explorer 8 ¡Y gana gratis viajes con Spanair! http://www.vivelive.com/spanair -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Cut Paste problem between X windows
From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree- ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Steve Wallace Any text within X-term or urxvt is highlighted correctly but when clicking the centre mouse button it is not pasted into either the same x-term or any other. Please check your Control Panel Mouse settings to verify that you do not have middle button emulate enabled, which can mess with the second button, or anything else that might be re-interpreting the buttons. As a workaround, try using ctrl-insert to paste. this works for me both from X and Windows apps on XP. HTH, Mike
