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From:	"DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Is there any way to highlight to cut and past in cygwin?
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On 3/29/07, Kevin Markle  wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote :
> > On 29 March 2007 19:43, Jeff Hawk wrote:
> >
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From:  On Behalf
> >>> Of Dave Korn
> >>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:37 AM
> >>> Subject: RE: Is there any way to highlight to cut and past in cygwin?
> >>>
> >>> On 29 March 2007 16:43, Kevin Markle wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I'm used to using putty in SUN and was able to highlight and right
> >>>> click to paste can I do this in cygwin?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   Use 'xterm' or 'rxvt' as terminals instead of the standard dos-shell
> >>> console and you'll get the same behaviour.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Except that it's middle click for paste.
> >
> >   Ah, if it's not X-like behaviour that he's after then I guess what Kevin
> > wants is indeed a DOS console with "Quick Edit" mode turned on in the
> > properties then.
> >
> >   How many buttons does a SUN mouse have, anyway?  ;-)
> >
> >     cheers,
> >       DaveK
>
> Boy you guys are great at helping out the new guy! I was just tired of
> fighting with the DOS windows my fat finger typing was causing me to
> much :-@. Putty is what I'm used to so it is working great!
>
>

You can tell PuTTY to behave Windows-like or xterm-like with the mouse
buttons so depending on how it is setup, either may work.

Check 'Windows' -> 'Selection'

I think that is off topic for a Cygwin list, but still useful maybe.

-Jason

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