Can No Longer Double Click to Copy and Single Left Click to Paste
Chris Green
cl at isbd.net
Wed Feb 17 11:30:59 UTC 2016
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:17:46PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 16 February 2016 at 17:10, Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > I can no longer copy by double left clicking and the paste with a right
> > Mouse slick.
>
>
> As others have said, this is not how it works.
>
> In a graphical Linux app, *as well as* normal copy/paste, you can
> /select/ text then /middle/ click elsewhere to insert the selection --
> without affecting the clipboard contents.
>
Hmmmmm!!! You have it the wrong way round! :-)
The *normal* copy/paste *IS* select with button 1, paste with button 2
(middle button). The horrible CTRL/C CTRL/V thing was invented later
by someone else......
--
Chris Green
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