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Re: ?UNDOCUMENTED FEATURE?

#17506
From: mitchs
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 00:00
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In <5d2306$1qr2$1@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, snicks@ibm.net writes:
>In <c1.0.2Dt6qC$027@news.glassnet.com>, chumble@usenet.glassnet.com writes:
>>
>>See the line below..?..   WHILE READING THIS... with LH mouse button, highlight
>>it by dragging with the LH mousebutton (D'clicking won't play).
>>
>>
>>http://www.somewhere.that.looks.interesting.com/
>>
>>
>>Still got the mousebutton held down..?..still highlighted..?  Good.  Now tap
>>the RH mouse button.
>>
>>OK...now bring up an URL notebook... a command line window, the E editor.. whatever.
>>
>>Position the cursor with the RH mousebutton and tap the LH mousebutton.
>>
>>Has this feature been here all along....? (I recall something in NPSWPS which
>>I was ABOUT to reinstall for this feature....)
>>
>>
>>I'm running Warp 4 without any addons....
>>
>>Now...  the question is.. are there any more...?
>>
>>
>>Clive
>>
>>PS: If my experience is/was due to particulars to my system, sock colour etc
>>
>>The  Highlight with LH MB and tap RH MB copied the selected text to my clipboard.
>>The  Position with RH MB and tap LH MB pasted at that point.
>>
>>It seems to work everywhere (so long as the app doesn't intercept the mousebuttons
>>for itself.. EPM, for one).
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>              Clive Humble of Artists in Glass, England.
>> Desk: chumble@artin.glassnet.com  Home: chumble@agile.glassnet.com
>>  "Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
>>   Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge ?"      - T.S.Elliot
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>This is without a doubt one of the best and nicest features I have seen.  Please keep on experimenting.  Thanks.
>
Coooolllll!
Duplicates the Ctrl-Insert / Shift-Insert copy, but a lot quicker...

Mitch In Phoenix
Get Real...
      Get Warp!
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From: mitchs@goodnet.com@mail.goodnet.com
Subject: Re: ?UNDOCUMENTED FEATURE?
Date: 1997/02/17
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