middle mouse; clipboard; all-in-one-window

[Rui Carmo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vnc-list "at" orl.co.uk [mailto:owner-vnc-list "at" orl.co.uk]On
> Behalf Of John E. Hein
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 18:37
> To: Rui Carmo; vnc-list "at" orl.co.uk
> Subject: Re: middle mouse; clipboard; all-in-one-window
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> Thanks for the reply... it was very helpful.
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> I do have 2 follow-up questions, however.
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> 1) regarding the Xconfig information...
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> How do I set that up for a specific vnc session?  For example, I
>  have someone using an X server on the Linux box locally (which
>  happens to have a 3 button mouse), and I want the 3 button
>  mouse emulation to apply to my current
>  vncviewer session on a PC running NT that has a 2 button mouse.
> Can I tell the vncviewer about the 3 button mouse emulation or
>  do I have to start the vncserver with a specific Xconfig set up
>  for 3 button emulation?  If the latter, how do I tell the
>  X server started by vncserver to use one configuration and
>  allow the local X server to retain its own configuration?  Can
>  I tell vncserver to look for a config file in a location other
>  than the standard locations /etc or /usr/X11/lib/X11?
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Er... Well, we all use the same config, actually, so I can't comment on =
that.

> 2) regarding the clipboard information...
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> Also, as far as the copy/paste issue, the Shift+Ins/Ctrl+Ins works
>  for the direction from PC window to vnc window, but how about
>  the other way around?  How do I get an X selection into the
>  clipboard on the PC (so I can paste something into a PC app)?

Well, on an xterm I just select stuff, click the right mouse button and =
then Ctrl+V into Notepad on the PC.... 8')))))))

Oh, and I don't think you can cut & paste bitmaps - the X clipboard was =
always notoriously finicky about such things...


Best regards,

R.


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