On 2019-09-02 02:03 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> I've enabled a bunch of options that make nano a better editor, like line
> numbers and smooth scrolling so you can better track where you are in a
> file. But it appears I have also killed the ability to MMB paste from
> adjacent terminals into a file opened in nano.
>
> Are the options in nanorc that shut this off if it clashes with something
> else?
Yes, "set mouse". This enables scrolling with the mouse wheel (among
others), but to paste text from the X selection with the middle mouse
button you need to hold down the Shift key then.
You can toggle mouse support at runtime with Meta+M (on most systems,
Alt functions as the Meta key).
Cheers,
Sven
