From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18843 invoked by alias); 22 Nov 2011 05:27:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 18829 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Nov 2011 05:27:41 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-gx0-f171.google.com (HELO mail-gx0-f171.google.com) (209.85.161.171) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:27:28 +0000 Received: by ggnr4 with SMTP id r4so2252495ggn.2 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:27:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.47.4 with SMTP id z4mr42384074pbm.39.1321939647406; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:27:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.212.200 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:27:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4ECAE2AF.7020601@cs.utoronto.ca> References: <4ECA8CEB.7080805@cs.utoronto.ca> <4ECAB291.6030801@cs.utoronto.ca> <4ECAE2AF.7020601@cs.utoronto.ca> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:27:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-11/txt/msg00035.txt.bz2 On 21 November 2011 23:45, Ryan Johnson wrote: > On 21/11/2011 4:25 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >> >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: >> >>> Eh? Mouse copy/paste in mintty is identical to xterm AFAIK... select =3D >>> copy, >>> middle button =3D paste. If you're in a mouse-using terminal app you ha= ve >>> to >>> hold down [shift] but that's the same in xterm, I think. >> >> Not on mine it isn't: >> >> * double-click on word =C2=A0hightlights, but does not copy >> * middle button paste does work >> >> In my xterms, I just have to double-click LMB to copy, then MMB pastes. > > That's very strange... I can't tell you how many ad-hoc excel graphs I've > populated with numbers grabbed by double-click from experiment output. > Triple-clicking to get the whole line also comes in handy at times. I just > tested again in case it changed since yesterday, and it still works for m= e. Options -> Mouse -> Copy on select This is on by default these days, but wasn't originally. Evidence again that functionality that isn't enabled by default might as well not be there as far as most users are concerned. Speaking of which, my own favourite mintty feature is 'Clicks place command line cursor' on the same page, which can greatly speed up navigating long command lines. Andy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/