On 04/03/11 06:42, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 19:42 -0500, Vincent wrote:
> What is the correct way to copy a file or directory to another
> directory? In the past I was able to use press the mouse left and
> right button, it didn't work all the time hard to press the two
> buttons at the same time.
This has nothing to do with copying files as such. The "press two
buttons" trick is used when you have a two-button mouse and want to
simulate pressing a (non-existent) middle button, which is a
conventional way to paste text from the X copy buffer.
Check your X settings, specifically the mouse. You don't say what
desktop you're using so instructions will vary.
poc
When I asked this question several weeks ago I received the following
[from my notes] which corrects the problem for me.:
Copy/Paste F-14 -
On 09/11/10 16:54, Gordon Messmer wrote:
Are you trying to make a synthetic button 2 using simultaneous
clicks with the
left and right mouse button? If so:
"""Add this:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "whatever"
MatchIsPointer "on"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
EndSection
to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf (or any Xorg conf you
want) and you
will again have middle click emulation. I don't know
if this will solve your problem regarding your actual middle
button."""
Bob