ubuntu 17.04: cut and paste middle mouse not working?
Peter Teuben
teuben at astro.umd.edu
Thu May 4 13:29:14 UTC 2017
With the new Ubuntu 17.04 I don't seem to be able to do the classic "left mouse select and copy- middle mouse paste" action. I looked for an options, but found nothing,.
This is an old-timer X windows thing from probably 30 years ago, and I've seen this feature deteriorate over the past few years. Not quite understanding when it doesn't work, but it sometimes seems to remember another buffer when I switch windows. I have to deselect that one, and re-select the buffer i wanted. Painful. Perhaps it's also related to my using auto-raise and focus on mouse, I don't know.
Many apps have <magic>-C and <magic>-V for this, but it's not consistent. Especially when you go across apps, the mouse based cut and paste is very useful and efficient. This would have a major impact on - certainly my - efficiency.
- peter
More information about the ubuntu-users
mailing list