Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:53:02 -0700 From: K Anderson <freebsduser@comcast.net> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copying and pasting text w/ mouse Message-ID: <3F3D482E.4030907@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <001101c3636a$f0e24630$04fea8c0@moe> References: <001101c3636a$f0e24630$04fea8c0@moe>
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Charles Howse wrote: > Hi, > > FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE, no gui. > > In Linux, I can left-drag to select text in the console, then > right-click to paste it to the command line. > My FreeBSD Unleashed book says the mouse can be configured to copy and > paste from the console in FreeBSD, but darned if I can figure out how to > do it. > > I've used sysinstall to configure the mouse, I get a Windows-style mouse > pointer, I can select text by dragging, but can't paste. > > Is there a magic word (Abra-ca-dabra!) one has to mumble to paste in the > console? > > > > Thanks, > Charles Hi there, I have a Logitech trackman marble + (two buttons and a third that is also the wheel) and I just left-drag then middle button (the wheel) click. You might have the same thing if you have a wheel on yours if not then you should be able to press both buttons (left & right) if you are using 3rd button emulation and that should do it for you. HTH
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