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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Re : Colours, or lack thereof (cont-d) & Misc.
  • Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:56:15 +0300

On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 11:30:24AM +0000, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Czerno wrote:
> >
> > *STOP the press!* Was typing the above in all confidence in the JWM
> > desktop, but the next moment I discovered that I couldn't select text
> > from another window running rxvt/links! The mouse didn't work for
> > selecting text in the latter. What the f*** ? Isn't it a function of
> > the GUI/window manager to let the user cut and paste between
> > application windows ? Arrrrgh! Now reluctantly back to MS-Windows :(
>
> Try holding down the shift key, the alt key, the ctrl key, or some
> combination of the above when trying to select text in links. I'm not sure
> about the version of links that comes with BL, but more modern versions of
> links sometimes can only be copied/pasted from by using some keyboard
> input in combination with mouse clicks and movements.

Hold down Shift and then select the text with mouse.

Karolis




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