Can No Longer Double Click to Copy and Single Left Click to Paste

[Stephen P. Molnar]

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[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Chris Green
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 6:31 AM
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Can No Longer Double Click to Copy and Single Left Click to
Paste

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......

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My thanks to those of you who replied.

Although I was wrong about the function of mouse button three, the middle
button (two) does not work.