Using COPY & PASTE between windows
Here is how to use the copy-and-paste features of X11 in xterms, and
similar windows:
(NOTE: This selection mechanism works differently in emacs. For details on
how to do this in emacs, look in our Stock Answers browser, under EMACS
Answers, at the entry "Using the MOUSE buttons in Emacs".)
To copy a section of text:
Move the mouse to one end of the section of text. Press down the left
mouse button, and while holding it down, drag the mouse to the other
end of the section. Release the button.
or:
Move the mouse to one end of the section of text. Click the left
mouse button once. Then move the mouse to the other end of the
section and click the right mouse button once.
To copy just a single word:
Click the left mouse button twice on the word.
To copy a whole line of text:
Click the left mouse button three times on the line.
To paste the text into an xterm or emacs window:
Click the middle mouse button.
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