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Date:      21 Nov 2005 10:46:06 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
Cc:        Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: copy & paste troubles
Message-ID:  <444q66xav5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200511211511.jALFBrpD003855@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
References:  <200511211511.jALFBrpD003855@clunix.cl.msu.edu>

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Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> writes:

> I have noticed that numerous applications, including HTLM forms tend
> to insert where-ever the mouse pointer is rather than where the
> cursor is.   Or, maybe, as soon as you click the mouse to do the 
> insert, it first changes the cursor position to wherever the pointer
> is and then does the insert.     
> 
> So, I just have to make sure I move my mouse pointer to exactly where I 
> want things to insert.   I get caught on this frequently.
> 

Shift-insert is often useful for this case...



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