Re: how to paste selected text / keyboard shortcut

2015-01-19 Thread mrr
On 19/01/2015 19:20, mrr wrote: Is there any way I could paste the selected text with a keyboard shortcut ? Thanks everybody for all the answers, I will think about it tomorrow (time to sleep a bit). Just one thing, I didn't know about the shift+insert shortcut but seems to paste what is in

Re: how to paste selected text / keyboard shortcut

2015-01-19 Thread Bob Proulx
mrr wrote: I often use the mouse to select some text and then I can paste it using the central wheel button of the mouse (that can be simulated by clicking both buttons if you don't have the wheel button but I'm getting out of subject...). Is there any way I could paste the selected text

Re: how to paste selected text / keyboard shortcut

2015-01-19 Thread Ron
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:53:31 +0100 mrr mire...@free.fr wrote: Maybe this isn't possible with only one shortcut as pasting may depends on the application _taking_ the paste (I mean that pasting some text in thunderbird or in a shell might involve a different logic but it sure works with the

Re: how to paste selected text / keyboard shortcut

2015-01-19 Thread Erwan David
Le 19/01/2015 19:51, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI a écrit : On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:53:31 +0100 mrr mire...@free.fr wrote: Maybe this isn't possible with only one shortcut as pasting may depends on the application _taking_ the paste (I mean that pasting some text in thunderbird or in a shell might

Re: how to paste selected text / keyboard shortcut

2015-01-19 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 01/19/2015 06:53 PM, mrr wrote: Hi everybody. Ok, my question is in the title but I think I should be more precise so: I often use the mouse to select some text and then I can paste it using the central wheel button of the mouse (that can be simulated by clicking both buttons if you

how to paste selected text / keyboard shortcut

2015-01-19 Thread mrr
Hi everybody. Ok, my question is in the title but I think I should be more precise so: I often use the mouse to select some text and then I can paste it using the central wheel button of the mouse (that can be simulated by clicking both buttons if you don't have the wheel button but I'm

Re: how to paste selected text / keyboard shortcut

2015-01-19 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 1/19/15, mrr mire...@free.fr wrote: Hi everybody. Ok, my question is in the title but I think I should be more precise so: I often use the mouse to select some text and then I can paste it using the central wheel button of the mouse (that can be simulated by clicking both buttons if you

Re: how to paste selected text / keyboard shortcut

2015-01-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Alex Mestiashvili wrote: ... but I also would like to mention xsel [0] which is really cool thing. Also it's manual reveals some interesting stuff about x selections. [0] http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/ I didn't know about xsel. Thanks for mentioning it. I knew about