Copying and Pasting in Maple (X)
The usual mouse operations won't always work for copy-and-paste in the
X version of Maple: the right mouse key now brings up a "context menu"
in worksheets, and the interaction between the Maple clipboard and the
X clipboard does not always work as expected.
Maple has internal editing features similar to a word-processor: to
copy, left-click and drag the mouse to highlight a selection, then
select "Copy" under the Edit menu, or use Ctrl-Insert; to paste,
select "Paste" from the Edit menu, or use Shift-Insert. If you have
xclipboard open, this won't work.
The usual cut-and-paste mouse operations work inside Maple as long as
you avoid the right button (i.e., copy using left-drag rather than
click-left-click-right). They also work for copying from another
application to Maple, but not vice versa. To copy from a Maple
worksheet to another application:
1. Bring up xclipboard by typing "xclipboard &" or "xclipboard -w &"
at the athena% prompt (the -w flag turns on line-wrapping).
2. Highlight the text (left-click and drag the mouse), then select
"Copy" under the Edit menu (or Ctrl-Insert from the keyboard). The
copied text will appear on the xclipboard.
3. Use the usual mouse operations for copy-and-paste from xclipboard
to the other application.
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