X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <31b7d2790703291257l1233659cxbe163839d49f992d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:57:39 -0600 From: "DePriest, Jason R." To: kmarkle@pbs.org, cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Is there any way to highlight to cut and past in cygwin? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <008a01c77220$7a0ada40$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <9CC2C306EFF41D419FA9E8F7E3B7C3DF12BDC3@Dom_us_IL_1.us.navigon.local> <00ab01c77234$271a4f50$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/