xfce copy & paste

[Jonathan Gardner]

I'd have to check when I get home, but I don't believe
I emulate three buttons with my wheel mouse. The third
button IS pushing down on the wheel where buttons 4
and 5 are spinning the wheel up or down.

Jonathan


--- Paul Ladouceur <tipaul at look.ca> wrote:
> Hi Kocil...
> >
> >
> > Thanks but ...
> >
> >>From: Paul Ladouceur <tipaul at look.ca>
> >>The "standard" way of Xfree: Use the middle
> (third) button of the
> >> mouse...  How?  Just hold-left-click the left
> mouse button and drag
> >> over text... that  will select text... Then move
> your pointer over the
> >> destination (left  button released) and click the
> middle button... And
> >> "voilà!"... You have  your text copied... It
> works on MOST if not every
> >> application...
> >
> > My mouse has only 2 buttons. The third in the
> middle is a whell.
> > I heard about 3 buttons emulation but don't know
> how to turn it on.
> 
> You have to modify you XF86Config file:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"         <--- This is
> the line you need
> EndSection
> 
> Goodluck!
> Ti-Paul.
> 
> 
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