cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse

cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse

[Kevin Dziulko]

Hello

I have a Microsoft IntelliMouse with a scroll wheel in the middle.  I am 
using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 on MS Windows 2000.

I have (global-unset-key [mouse-2]) in my .emacs so that wheel does only 
scrolling and nothing else. (Otherwise it would paste when clicked)

I am not familiar with X windows methods and operations. So, how do I cut, 
copy, and paste using the mouse?  Do I have to configure scroll mouse in a 
certain way?  Does it matter that I have pc-selection-mode turned on?

Thanks!!
Kevin

Re: cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse

[Micah Cowan]

Kevin Dziulko <dziulko@klaatu.canisius.edu> writes:

> Hello
> 
> I have a Microsoft IntelliMouse with a scroll wheel in the middle.  I am 
> using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 on MS Windows 2000.
> 
> I have (global-unset-key [mouse-2]) in my .emacs so that wheel does only 
> scrolling and nothing else. (Otherwise it would paste when clicked)

Personally, I leave it set and just scroll the weel if I want to
scroll, and click it if I want to paste.

> I am not familiar with X windows methods and operations. So, how do I cut, 
> copy, and paste using the mouse?  Do I have to configure scroll mouse in a 
> certain way?  Does it matter that I have pc-selection-mode turned on?

Well, the mouse-based copy/paste is standard for X, but the other
techniques are pretty much unique to Emacs.

You obviously should still be able to place a region of text in
the kill-buffer simply by selecting it with the mouse. You can do
this either by clicking-and-dragging mouse-1, or you can click
with mouse-1, and then click at the end of the region to be
copied with mouse-2. Without using the mouse, you can also use
C-SPC to set the "mark" to the current "point" (where the text
cursor is), and then once you have "point" where you want it, you
can use C-w to "cut" (in Emacs it's "kill") the region, or if you
only want to "copy" it, use M-w. Pasting can be done without the
mouse with C-y, which inserts the last-killed thing at point.
There are other very interesting things about how the kill-ring
works: I'm pretty sure they're covered in the Emacs Tutorial
(type "C-h t").

HTH.

-- 
Micah J. Cowan
micah@cowan.name

Re: cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse

[Ian Zimmerman]

Kevin> I have (global-unset-key [mouse-2]) in my .emacs so that wheel
Kevin> does only scrolling and nothing else. (Otherwise it would paste
Kevin> when clicked)

Micah> Personally, I leave it set and just scroll the weel if I want to
Micah> scroll, and click it if I want to paste.

Kevin> I am not familiar with X windows methods and operations. So, how
Kevin> do I cut, copy, and paste using the mouse?  Do I have to
Kevin> configure scroll mouse in a certain way?  Does it matter that I
Kevin> have pc-selection-mode turned on?

man xmodmap(1) for how you can change the meaning of the mouse buttons
from the shell.  Then bind a short script doing that to a key in your
window manager configuration, and another one to change the mapping
back.  Then you'll be able to paste with the right button (for example)
as long as you're in that mode.

This is what I do on my laptop with only 2 buttons.

-- 
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An anonymous teacher

Re: cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse

[Micah Cowan]

Ian Zimmerman <bayard@newsguy.com> writes:

> Kevin> I have (global-unset-key [mouse-2]) in my .emacs so that wheel
> Kevin> does only scrolling and nothing else. (Otherwise it would paste
> Kevin> when clicked)
> 
> Micah> Personally, I leave it set and just scroll the weel if I want to
> Micah> scroll, and click it if I want to paste.
> 
> Kevin> I am not familiar with X windows methods and operations. So, how
> Kevin> do I cut, copy, and paste using the mouse?  Do I have to
> Kevin> configure scroll mouse in a certain way?  Does it matter that I
> Kevin> have pc-selection-mode turned on?
> 
> man xmodmap(1) for how you can change the meaning of the mouse buttons
> from the shell.  Then bind a short script doing that to a key in your
> window manager configuration, and another one to change the mapping
> back.  Then you'll be able to paste with the right button (for example)
> as long as you're in that mode.

This won't help the OP, who (IIRC) indicated a Windows environ.

Cheers,

-- 
Micah J. Cowan
micah@cowan.name

Re: cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse

[Kevin Dziulko]

On 30 Oct 2003, Micah Cowan wrote:

> Kevin Dziulko <dziulko@klaatu.canisius.edu> writes:
> 
> > Hello
> > 
> > I have a Microsoft IntelliMouse with a scroll wheel in the middle.  I am 
> > using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 on MS Windows 2000.
> > 
> > I have (global-unset-key [mouse-2]) in my .emacs so that wheel does only 
> > scrolling and nothing else. (Otherwise it would paste when clicked)
> 
> Personally, I leave it set and just scroll the weel if I want to
> scroll, and click it if I want to paste.
> 
> > I am not familiar with X windows methods and operations. So, how do I cut, 
> > copy, and paste using the mouse?  Do I have to configure scroll mouse in a 
> > certain way?  Does it matter that I have pc-selection-mode turned on?
> 
> Well, the mouse-based copy/paste is standard for X, but the other
> techniques are pretty much unique to Emacs.
> 
> You obviously should still be able to place a region of text in
> the kill-buffer simply by selecting it with the mouse. You can do
> this either by clicking-and-dragging mouse-1, or you can click
> with mouse-1, and then click at the end of the region to be
> copied with mouse-2. Without using the mouse, you can also use
> C-SPC to set the "mark" to the current "point" (where the text
> cursor is), and then once you have "point" where you want it, you
> can use C-w to "cut" (in Emacs it's "kill") the region, or if you
> only want to "copy" it, use M-w. Pasting can be done without the
> mouse with C-y, which inserts the last-killed thing at point.
> There are other very interesting things about how the kill-ring
> works: I'm pretty sure they're covered in the Emacs Tutorial
> (type "C-h t").
> 
> HTH.
> 
> 

Ideally, I would like the left button to be mouse-1, the right button to 
be mouse-3, simultanous left and right click to be mouse-2, and for the 
scroll wheel to be left undefined.

So far the closest I've come is with (setq w32-num-mouse-buttons 2), but 
that still has scroll wheel and simultanous left and right click both set 
to mouse-2.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Re: cut, copy, & paste with scroll mouse

[Jason Rumney]

Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name> writes:

> Ian Zimmerman <bayard@newsguy.com> writes:
>
> > man xmodmap(1) for how you can change the meaning of the mouse buttons
> > from the shell.  Then bind a short script doing that to a key in your
> > window manager configuration, and another one to change the mapping
> > back.  Then you'll be able to paste with the right button (for example)
> > as long as you're in that mode.
> 
> This won't help the OP, who (IIRC) indicated a Windows environ.

Indeed. The Windows version of Emacs has w32-swap-mouse-buttons to
cover the most common case of swapping buttons 2 and 3.