On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 12:59, Michael Holt wrote:
> 12:38pm... Dave Sherman ran for the door shrieking:
> 
> >Date: 16 Mar 2002 12:38:45 -0600
> >From: Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: Mandrake-expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [expert] pasting into email? <OT>
> >
> >On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 12:31, Michael Holt wrote:
> >> Hey, hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!
> >> I have a question <item number 1000 on my little annoyances list!>, how do 
> >> you paste a URL into an email using pine?  I love using pine, it's quick 
> >> to move around and it's pretty easy to configure - but having to re-type 
> >> long strings instead of just being able to copy/paste is a real pain.
> >> 
> >> TIA, Mike
> >
> >The X standard is to simply highlight the text you want to copy (this
> >will automatically put it in a "clipboard" buffer), then
> >middle-mouse-click where you want to paste. This works in every 
> >application I have ever tried, including the various x-terms, so it
> >should work in pine. I use this method in gnome-terminal with vi all the
> >time.
> >
> Yeah, that's what I thought too, but no-go.  I thought maybe there was 
> some modifier key to make it work?
> 
> Mike

Hmm, I don't know why it wouldn't work, unless pine is capturing the
middle-click before X sees it.

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