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From: keane@zeus.socs.uts.edu.au (Chris Keane)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: cutting text in xedit (X in general)
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Date: 30 Aug 90 07:00:20 GMT
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hughes@packrat.csee.usf.edu (Ken Hughes) writes:


>I've read thru the documentation on this (I think) and haven't seen anywhere
>how to delete/cut a selection from an xedit window.  The users here of Suntools
>who loathe vi are reluctant to use X when it doesn't have an editor they feel
>comfortable with.  Is there a way to do this, or is there a contributed editor
>somewhere which does?

>For that matter, does twm or X support this anywhere?


The way to do is:  

{
button1: highlight text via dragging with button1
or
button1: hit to mark start of text
button3: hit to mark end of text      (selected text becomes highlighted)
}

THEN

button2: paste highlighted text at cursor position.

This is really standard and uses the X cutbuffers (that means you can
highlight and paste between applications (e.g. xterm and xedit)).
regards...
                                        Christofu.

p.s. This post is also serving as a test for a new news posting method. Could
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