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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: Mouse on VAXstation 2000 running DECwindows
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Date: 6 Mar 90 01:54:45 GMT
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In article <16959@oregon.uoregon.edu>, SMOORE@oregon.uoregon.edu
(Spencer Moore) writes:
> 
> Is there any way to change the manner in which my VAXstation 2000 running
> DECwindows grabs text with the mouse?  Currently the mouse grabs full lines
> of text.  Is there any way to grab a rectangle of text (ala Macintosh or
> VWSwindows)? 

It is possible to write a text editor or terminal emulator with this
feature.  As far as I know, though, none of the out-of-the-box
DECwindows applications have it.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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