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07-24-2003, 10:33 PM
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Philippines
Distribution: Slackware, CentOS, Ubuntu
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middle mouse button is paste.. but what if i dont have a mid mouse button?
when i highlight something.. i can paste it using the middle mouse button.... but what if i dont have a middle mouse button... what should i do to paste the highlighted texts?
thanks
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07-24-2003, 10:34 PM
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Philippines
Distribution: Slackware, CentOS, Ubuntu
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btw im using redhat 8 - 2.4.18-14
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07-25-2003, 02:07 AM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Slackware
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Run xf86config and tell it to emulate 3-buttons on your mouse, if you haven't already. Just click both mouse buttons simultaneously. If it works, you've already done that. If it doesn't, do it, and it will.
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07-25-2003, 05:48 AM
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Location: Philippines
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okies il try later thanks dude
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09-02-2003, 08:59 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Yorktown, VA
Distribution: Mandrake 10
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On a somewhat related note, how can i turn off middle-button pasting, so that I can use it to close tabs in Mozilla???
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