Bug 174134
| Summary: | [patch] faq: #text-mode-cut-paste | ||||||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen> | ||||
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Eitan Adler <eadler> | ||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||
| Version: | Latest | ||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||
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Description
Bas Smeelen
2012-12-04 22:20:00 UTC
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->eadler I'll take it. On 4 December 2012 17:16, Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> wrote: >>Description: > small update copy and paste on console with the mouse buttons is actually cut and paste We generally try to avoid making whitespace changes and content changes at the same time in order to help the translators see what changed. How does this verison look? commit 92451f989a4e9b3fe5d3dc52ece8a3fffcf6407b Author: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Date: Tue Dec 4 19:00:54 2012 -0500 Update and clarify text-mode-cut-paste: make it clear that this is copy-and-paste not cut-and-paste. PR: docs/174134 Submitted by: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> Approved by: ??? (mentor) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml index f5581e7..90e4156 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml @@ -2238,10 +2238,14 @@ </question> <answer> - <para>Once you get the mouse daemon running (see the <link - linkend="moused">previous section</link>), hold down the + <para>It is not possible to remove data using the mouse. + However, it is possible to <quote>copy and + paste</quote>. + Once you get the mouse daemon running (see the + <link linkend="moused">previous question</link>) + hold down button 1 (left button) and move the mouse to select a region - of text. Then, press the button 2 (middle button) to paste + of text. Then, press button 2 (middle button) to paste it at the text cursor. Pressing button 3 (right button) will <quote>extend</quote> the selected region of text.</para> -- Eitan Adler State Changed From-To: open->analyzed awaiting approval or review prior to commit (no action needed from submitter) State Changed From-To: analyzed->closed Committed. Thanks! |
