From: gfeldm01@utopia.poly.edu (Gennady Feldman) Subject: Re: gpm mouse behavior under NT? 7 Jan 1999 18:54:51 -0800 Message-ID: <369501D7.2E8EF8B7.cygnus.gnu-win32@utopia.poly.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: Corinna Vinschen Cc: "W. Steven Conner" , gnu-win32@cygnus.com Hello Everybody. Actually on Win95 if you want to get Copying/Pasting to work you: 1) go to Properties 2) select Misc tab. 3) Uncheck Fast Pasting!!! <- this is important, Fast Pasting doesn't work with CygWin 4) Check QuickEdit. G.F. Corinna Vinschen wrote: > W. Steven Conner wrote: > > > > Is it possible to copy and paste text via the mouse buttons in Windows NT > > (as is possible under X-Windows and/or by using gpm under linux)? > > Yes! > > - Open the properties dialog of the console window. > - The `options` contain a toggle button, named `Quick edit mode'. > It must be ON. > - Save the properties. > > Now you are able to use left mouse to mark. Try it. The marking mechanism > works in another way as with gpm and many other apps (sigh!). > If sth. is marked, pressing the right mouse button is same as `copy'. > If nothing is marked, pressing right mouse button is same as `paste'. > > Important hint: While sth. is marked, every keypress only beeps! Fortunately, > the console window headline contains a word as 'Choose'. I'm not sure, > because I only know the german OS, which shows the word 'Auswählen'. Pressing > a mouse button without moving the mouse leaves the marking mode. > > Hope, this helps, > Corinna > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".