Copy and paste command

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Copy and paste command
started by: satimis

Posted by satimis on Mar. 04 2006,10:18

Hi folks,

What are the copy and paste commands on terminal?

Ctrl+c
Ctrl+v
Pressing left+right mouse top buttons simultaneously
Pressing left+right mouse side buttons simultaneously

all did not work.

Please advise. TIA

B.R.
satimis

Posted by mikshaw on Mar. 04 2006,14:30

I have a 3-button mouse, which allows me to copy/paste by selecting text to copy and pressing middle mouse to paste. If you have no middle mouse, the right+left *should* emulate it.
You might also try shift+insert to paste.

Posted by roberts on Mar. 04 2006,17:13

If you have an old two button mouse.
Then it needs to be specified.
Manual mouse selection is part of the xsetup routine.
You can boot dsl like this:

dsl xsetup

Then navigate through the screens for specify 2 button mouse.
The mouse specification is in the file .xserverrc

Posted by satimis on Mar. 07 2006,12:23

Quote (roberts @ Mar. 04 2006,12:13)

The mouse specification is in the file .xserverrc

Hi Robert,

Tks for your advice.

on /ramdisk/home/dsl/.xserverrc

I found "-mouse /dev/psaux.5"

How to change it. TIA

B.R.
satimis

Posted by satimis on Mar. 07 2006,12:27

Quote (mikshaw @ Mar. 04 2006,09:30)

You might also try shift+insert to paste.

Hi mikshaw,

"shift+insert" works for me. Tks

satimis

Posted by roberts on Mar. 07 2006,14:56

Really best to use the xsetup.sh for the right combination for your system. The system I am using the mouse portion of .xserverrc looks like this:

-2button -mouse /dev/psaux

YMMV