UNIX style Mouse gestures

Beginner

Monday, August 13th 2007, 1:02pm

hi all,

i'm kinda new to KDE, usually worked on prompt Linux.... yes, for work

purposes only :-(

i need to have original mouse activation in here too, meanning:

left mouse click on a word (or markup the word or the whole line) will copy it to the clipboard.

right mouse click will paste.

right now i have to right click the marked word, perform copy and then paste all with right clicks - like MS.

in general, middle mouse doesn't work (in diffferent CAD tools), and right mouse button opens a menu (are we in Windows or what ?!)

i tried to re-configure the mouse properties but got lost (couldn't find most of what i've need).

can anyone help please?

thanx, in advance

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udizam

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Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 12:35pm

RE: UNIX style Mouse gestures

come ON lads and gets...

nobody knows this?

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kriko

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Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 1:33pm

I'm bit confused about what you want. Left click - copy selected word, right click paste?
I never fondled with mouse setting, but you can do this by double clicking (select a word) and middle click paste selection. This should work in kde applications, if it is not kde app, you should search in app settings for mouse behaviour.

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udizam

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Thursday, August 16th 2007, 11:04am

OK, maybe it's important to mention, but i'm working on KDE machine via NoMachine terminal (i.e. in windows XP env).

maybe that's the reason that nothink works... the middle mouse click is disabled completely (not responding to anything) and only the scrolling function is enabled.

i know for sure though that it is possible to enable this (middle click) since in my former workstation it worked excelent.

my main problem is that the KDE manual s**k! i'm really used to looking in manual and the web but there not enough information out there....

i'll be glad if you can provide additional info about this

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kriko

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Thursday, August 16th 2007, 11:09am

Well, there you have your answer. Probably it is virtualization machine issue. What distro are you using?
If you have exotic mouse, you could try editing:

	Source code
1 2	Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. There is plenty info on how doing that.

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udizam

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Thursday, August 16th 2007, 12:42pm

hi,
well your answer is aiming a bit too high as i'm not a UNIX master (i don't know what distro is...)

what i know is that i don't have a x11 directory under /etc at all.

if you can point me to some more configuration files i'll be greatfull....

thnx again, udi.