Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-30 Thread John van V.
> crtl-c, crtl-v and crtl-x also work varying from app to app. my iMac has a meta-key that reminds me of the gold key on my first Dec machines. Maybe thats an idea which can be adapted from the Apple culture. I can truthfully report that Mac users love the above keystrokes. John --- Dean Ha

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Dean Hamstead
handy, although because i never dont use X i have no need for it. having said that, my X is just a background (insert girl of the month here), with semi-transparent eterms all over the place and gkrellm telling me whats the hap. and xmms as a nice little bar across the bottom. pbbuttonsd puring

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Alain Perry
> gmouse comes to mind but im sure thats not it. You are probably thinking of gpm. With the linux 2.6 input method, it's no longer a pain with X though (using /dev/gpmdata made it okay with previous kernels too). It works well on my PB, using F11 (my middle button equivalent) to paste selected st

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Greg Hamilton
I gather you wish to cut, copy and paste text in X. Highlight text with the mouse to put it in the copy buffer. Click the middle mouse button to paste the current contents of the copy buffer. For anything more sophisticated try using KDE or Gnome as these desktop environments offer some intere

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Dean Hamstead
in X you just select what you want and hit the 3rd mouse button and viola! it pastes crtl-c, crtl-v and crtl-x also work varying from app to app. as for on the console. well theres the mouse program that used to be popular. it was a pain with X though. anyone remember what its called? gives you

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:51:43AM -0700, John van V. wrote: > I gave it a few more tries. I got it to partially work but it > requries far too many keystrokes to make it usable in the real world. Ah, none of us live in the real world or do real work using our real computers, I suppose ... Cheer

Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
I gave it a few more tries. I got it to partially work but it requries far too many keystrokes to make it usable in the real world. --- "John van V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, this is typically crpytic of geeky software, not in anyway empathic, and > the primary reason folks use always

Screen [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
Hi, this is typically crpytic of geeky software, not in anyway empathic, and the primary reason folks use always microsoft products. > > c-a-[ ... copy mode > > c-a-] ... paste > > > > c-a-? ... help I gave it a few trys, what does it mean ?? = http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-societ

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
Hi, I have heard of it, but didnt try it. I would be so glad for your sample config file, Thanks, John --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Are there cut and paste keys or 3 button emulation keys. Alternatively, is > > there a console window that includes a edit menu tab. I have been using > the >

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread float
> Are there cut and paste keys or 3 button emulation keys. Alternatively, is > there a console window that includes a edit menu tab. I have been using the > shell funciton of Xemacs but that shell is not fully compatible to the > terminal. > "CUT and paste" don't know exactly what you want, but

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Barry Skidmore
I am using KDE, but that should not be relevant. My version of gnome-terminal is 1.4.0.6 Barry On Tuesday 29 June 2004 08:56 am, John van V. wrote: > I just tried that and there is no menu at the top. I have the latest > apt-get install for enlightenment and gnome-terminal.

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
I just tried that and there is no menu at the top. I have the latest apt-get install for enlightenment and gnome-terminal. What window manager are you using ?? TIA John --- Barry Skidmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, > > I use 'gnome-terminal' on my iMac, specifically for its cut and pa

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Barry Skidmore
John, I use 'gnome-terminal' on my iMac, specifically for its cut and past support. /usr/bin/gnome-terminal Barry On Tuesday 29 June 2004 08:24 am, John van V. wrote: > Alternatively, is > there a console window that includes a edit menu tab. I have been using > the shell funciton of Xemacs bu

Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
My purple machine looks great and runs (debian) great, holding its own against machines 5 times the MHz. But the crystal mouse is not Xwindows friendly, and I need to know how to do cut and paste as with Mac OS and OSX. Are there cut and paste keys or 3 button emulation keys. Alternatively, is