xmodmap was - Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-17 Thread bascule
i've looked at 'man xmodmap', to be honest all i can see are ways to get one combination of keys to stand in for other combination of keys, i didn't see a way to assign 'commands' to keys, am i missing something? bascule On Wednesday 16 January 2002 5:12 pm, you wrote: So sprach »bascule« am

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 08:48, bascule wrote: everyone is right of course, except that i wouldn't mind being able to highlight/select a useful url when i see one, go to my browser and highlight whatever is in the loc bar hit delete and then paste in my new 'find' and not what i just

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread Dave Sherman
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 00:48, bascule wrote: everyone is right of course, except that i wouldn't mind being able to highlight/select a useful url when i see one, go to my browser and highlight whatever is in the loc bar hit delete and then paste in my new 'find' and not what i just deleted,

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread Randy Kramer
bascule wrote: everyone is right of course, except that i wouldn't mind being able to highlight/select a useful url when i see one, go to my browser and highlight whatever is in the loc bar hit delete and then paste in my new 'find' and not what i just deleted, is there no way to make a

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread bascule
aha, this is the ticket! bascule On Wednesday 16 January 2002 1:57 pm, you wrote: Once again, the X standard is your friend. Ctrl-U will delete a single line of text, including the text in your URL box. Click the cursor there, but DO NOT highlight the URL, then Ctrl-U to delete the text,

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread bascule
i must admit that i don't personally have a need for that sort of intense clpboard stuff, but speaking of key-bindings, i could really do with a way of assigning keys to the kmix volume control, something like vol-up = numpad8, vol-down = numpad2 would be good, and a mute toggle would be dandy

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »bascule« am 2002-01-16 um 14:30:34 + : clpboard stuff, but speaking of key-bindings, i could really do with a way of assigning keys to the kmix volume control, something like vol-up = numpad8, vol-down = numpad2 would be good, and a mute toggle would be dandy too:-) oh

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread mike
You gotta get one, it is great (and more than microsauce makes them now). I guess it should be trivial to get both fingers to work together, but having the third button mitigates the fact that I'm a klutz. And it works with UNIX. mg On Tuesday 15 January 2002 14:31, J. Craig Woods wrote:

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread mike
Of course, with Opera you can just open a new page. It is funny that Konqueror seems to be the only borowser with a button that allows you to clear the address box. I wonder why Netscape and Opera don't have it? mg On Tuesday 15 January 2002 16:27, Phillip wrote: Not to help, just to chime

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-16 Thread kwan
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, mike wrote: Of course, with Opera you can just open a new page. It is funny that Konqueror seems to be the only borowser with a button that allows you to clear the address box. I wonder why Netscape and Opera don't have it? You can clear the URL field with CTRL-U on

[expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Paul Sue
Hi, Why doesn't copy/cut paste seem to work consistently? For example, why can't I copy from my browser to my Evolution Compose Message box? Or from my e-mail to my eterm? I've tried using the Control keys as well as well as from the menu and the clipboard icons. I think the problem seems

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Paul Sue« am 2002-01-15 um 08:53:50 -0800 : Hi, Why doesn't copy/cut paste seem to work consistently? For example, why can't I copy from my browser to my Evolution Compose Message box? Or from my e-mail to my eterm? I've tried using the Control keys as well as well as from

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Derek Jennings
Are you cutting and pasting the Unix way? Use left mouse button to highlight text and press mouse wheel to paste. It works across almost all Linux apps. derek On Tuesday 15 January 2002 16:53, Paul Sue wrote: Hi, Why doesn't copy/cut paste seem to work consistently? For example, why

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread J. Craig Woods
At 06:46 PM 1/15/2002 +, Derek Jennings wrote: Are you cutting and pasting the Unix way? Use left mouse button to highlight text and press mouse wheel to paste. It works across almost all Linux apps. derek That is funny. I have been in UNIX for over 10 years, and I have never owned a

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Derek Jennings
Well if you have no mouse wheel try the middle button.. Now you have learned something. On Tuesday 15 January 2002 19:31, you wrote: At 06:46 PM 1/15/2002 +, Derek Jennings wrote: Are you cutting and pasting the Unix way? Use left mouse button to highlight text and press mouse wheel

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Dave Sherman
On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 10:53, Paul Sue wrote: Hi, Why doesn't copy/cut paste seem to work consistently? For example, why can't I copy from my browser to my Evolution Compose Message box? Or from my e-mail to my eterm? I've tried using the Control keys as well as well as from the menu

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Phillip
Not to help, just to chime in: In order for me to copy from email (Kmail) to browser (usually Opera) [to avoid use of Konqueror] I FIRST must erase anything in the loc. bar, then use the mouse buttons. Otherwise it does nothing. Just a gripe. Phil On Tuesday 15 January 2002 01:50 pm, Dave

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread J. Craig Woods
At 07:43 PM 1/15/2002 +, Derek Jennings wrote: Well if you have no mouse wheel try the middle button.. Now you have learned something. Well I guess I am just plain SOL: I do not have a mouse with a middle button, and, no, I did not enable any kind of middle button emulation. After

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread tester
J. Craig Woods wrote: At 07:43 PM 1/15/2002 +, Derek Jennings wrote: Well if you have no mouse wheel try the middle button.. Now you have learned something. Well I guess I am just plain SOL: I do not have a mouse with a middle button, and, no, I did not enable any kind of

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Kyle McDonald - Eagle CAD
J. Craig Woods wrote: At 07:43 PM 1/15/2002 +, Derek Jennings wrote: Well if you have no mouse wheel try the middle button.. Now you have learned something. Well I guess I am just plain SOL: I do not have a mouse with a middle button, and, no, I did not enable any kind of

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »J. Craig Woods« am 2002-01-15 um 17:29:03 -0600 : wheel or middle button. Does this kind of junk really do something useful? Yes, it does. For one, pasting with the middle button is very easy ;) How else do you paste? Also very useful is a feature in

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Michael Leone
On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 18:29, J. Craig Woods wrote: After decades of computer work, I am still unsure of why I would need a wheel or middle button. Does this kind of junk really do something useful? Very. For scrolling, especially. Once I started using one, I didn't want to go back to

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Ken Thompson
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 04:29 pm, you wrote: At 07:43 PM 1/15/2002 +, Derek Jennings wrote: Well if you have no mouse wheel try the middle button.. Now you have learned something. Well I guess I am just plain SOL: I do not have a mouse with a middle button, and, no, I did not

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 07:03 pm, you wrote: On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 18:29, J. Craig Woods wrote: After decades of computer work, I am still unsure of why I would need a wheel or middle button. Does this kind of junk really do something useful? Very. For scrolling, especially. Once I

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread J. Craig Woods
At 08:08 PM 1/15/2002 -0500, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Tuesday 15 January 2002 07:03 pm, you wrote: On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 18:29, J. Craig Woods wrote: After decades of computer work, I am still unsure of why I would need a wheel or middle button. Does this kind of junk really do something

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Phillip
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 04:40 pm, Dave Sherman profoundly uttered: snip They say it is like MS Office' special clipboard snip Yet another feature of Mcrap I detest. Pops up and annoys me at the most inopportune times. Phil _ Do You

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread John Haywood
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:16, you wrote: You guys have given some great input on this thread. Hell, I am convinced! At this point, I am not sure how I have made it without a mouse wheel... ...and in the interest of completenesss (or complete utter overkilll) get a logitech USB optical

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 11:16 pm, you wrote: At 08:08 PM 1/15/2002 -0500, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Tuesday 15 January 2002 07:03 pm, you wrote: On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 18:29, J. Craig Woods wrote: After decades of computer work, I am still unsure of why I would need a wheel or

Re: [expert] Weird Problems #3: Copy/Cut and Paste

2002-01-15 Thread bascule
everyone is right of course, except that i wouldn't mind being able to highlight/select a useful url when i see one, go to my browser and highlight whatever is in the loc bar hit delete and then paste in my new 'find' and not what i just deleted, is there no way to make a 'highlighting' of