Aterm cut-and-paste was Re: Rid of those Windows Desktops!

[Pratt, Benjamin E.]

I just tried using CTRL-C to copy and CTRL-V to paste but that didn't
work. I know I've used those commands to copy and paste in other
applications (Firefox, etc.) but they don't work for me in Aterm or
XFTerm4 (the terminals available to me in XFCE4.

Highlighting and scroll clicking does work in the terminals and Firefox
so it is the more all-around solution for me.

The two separate clipboards is cool though. One from CTRL-C and a second
from highlighted text.

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Josh Hansen
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:43 AM
To: Pratt, Benjamin E.
Cc: FreeBSD Questions; terry tyson
Subject: Re: Aterm cut-and-paste was Re: Rid of those Windows Desktops!

Pratt, Benjamin E. wrote:

>I was searching for a way to cut-and-paste but couldn't find any
>documentation on how to do it with Aterm. I think I got frustrated and
>just started clicking and when I hit the scroll button it worked!! The
>only changes I've made are /etc/X11/xorg.conf changes to get my Z-axis
>button working:
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Mouse0"
>        Driver      "mouse"
>        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>EndSection
>
>I can't tell you if it's only a 5.3 or an Xorg thing or something else
>but I have used it on two different machines running 5.3-BETA6 or
newer.
>I don't have an older version of FreeBSD running so I can't try it
>anywhere else, I would be interested to know though.
>
>Ben
>  
>
You can copy and paste from any terminal or other application in X by 
highlighting text with the mouse, and then clicking with the wheel to 
paste. 

You can also copy and paste the Microsoft way, with Control-C/Control-V.

One thing to keep in mind is that anything that you actually copy by 
Edit -> copy, Control-C, right click -> copy, etc will overwrite 
anything you simply highlight.  It's like having two separate 
clipboards.  One from actually copying, one from highlighting.
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