On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 01:19:43PM -0400, brownh wrote: > Often, when composing a message, I want to past an address in the To: > line without using my mouse. However, the usual C-y or C-v keyboard > commands don't work. Any suggestions?
Under Unix, the pasting is possible, but I know of no way to copy something to the X (i.e. The X Window System) clipboard without using the mouse. But whereas in Windows, if you highlight something to copy it, it is simply highlighted until you press ctrl-c, under X if you highlight it, it is automatically and immediately copied to the clipboard. As others have pointed out, the pasting key binding is dependent on the terminal program you're using, and is probably configurable. Note in particular that ctrl-x/c/v are primarily Windows keyboard shortcuts, which a handful of platform-independent GUI programs have copied. You should generally not expect they will work in a Unix environment, though they sometimes do (e.g. Firefox, etc.). In terminal-oriented programs like Mutt, ctrl-c normally will cause the foreground process (the currently running program) to terminate. As for pasting, if you are using xterm, or some other xterm-like program, you can generally paste something which is already in your clipboard by pressing shift-insert. > If I may, a minor secondary question. When I type in an address on the > To: line, the insertion point is not visible. This is annoying when I > need to go back to correct a typo. I don't know where I am so that I > can do a DEL or type at the right place. Can I change this behavior? With most X terminal programs, the insertion point is wherever your cursor is. This is usually fixed (i.e. it changes only when you type), though with some modern terminal programs it may sometimes be possible to drag the cursor around with the mouse. Again, this behavior is terminal-dependent, and may also be dependent on the program which is running in the terminal window. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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