Re: copy and paste between Aqua and X11 applications?
Re: copy and paste between Aqua and X11 applications?
- Subject: Re: copy and paste between Aqua and X11 applications?
- From: Michael Reilly <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:55:43 -0700
Rich Cook wrote:
>
> On Jul 17, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Michael Reilly wrote:
>
>>>
>>> 4) I place the cursor where I would like to paste the info from X11, and
>>> then press command-V or* paste.
>> Again this should not be necessary. middle button click should paste the
>> selected text from step 1.
>>
>> Select and paste has been a part of X11 since long before Apple ever had
>> anything to do with it. For whatever reason Apple did not implement
>> it properly
>> when using X11 on OSX. Too bad.
>>
>> michael
>>>
>
> You're misunderstanding. He's pasting into an Aqua app.
That is no excuse for it not working. The machine has a mouse. I want to use
it for something besides scrolling through 10 level deep menus. There is no
excuse for Apple not to have a config option to enable use of the mouse.
michael
> So he needs
> command-C and command-V. The select and middle-click thing works fine
> in X11. Apple did not implement any of that part, it's built into the X
> server.
>
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