Other Help Topics :: Newb: Copy & Paste in shell

If you are using a 2-button mouse and you have "3 button" emulation turned ON in your .xserverrc file, you can simulate a third mouse button.

How?

Press both mouse buttons AT THE SAME TIME and it will behave like it is a middle mouse button.

Ah, well, it is not. Could you please please post the bit for this as everywebsite I can find impliments this function in another X config file or just talks about it. Could you post the function so I get the sytax right?
Thanks
Zach

1) Open up your /home/dsl/.xserverrc file in a text editor. You can do this by starting emelfm and press the "H" button at the top to reveal the hidden files. All files that begin with a "." are hidden files. Click once on the file to highlight it and then right click on the file and choose User -> View in Beaver

2) Put your cursor before the "-mouse" option in the first line and change it so it looks like this: "-2button -mouse"

3) Save your file and exit beaver.

4) Exit window manager from the main menu.

5) Type "startx" at the command prompt to restart x windows.

Ah yes, that worked. But it only places the selected text to the command prompt, not the the clip board. I cheated and creeated a Nano/pico file and saved it. Is there a way to get it to the clip board?
Thanks
Zach

Not that I know of.

However, it is possible to paste it into other programs, not just the command prompt.

For example, open a Beaver document (Choose New Document) and try pasting in some highlighted text.

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