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Article #5715Re: Mouse on VAXstation 2000 running DECwindows
From: dhosek
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 06:23
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 06:23
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In article <2967@bacchus.dec.com> klee@decwrl.dec.com writes:
>In article <16959@oregon.uoregon.edu>, SMOORE@oregon.uoregon.edu
>(Spencer Moore) writes:
>> Is there any way to change the manner in which my VAXstation 2000 running
>> DECwindows grabs text with the mouse? Currently the mouse grabs full lines
>> of text. Is there any way to grab a rectangle of text (ala Macintosh or
>> VWSwindows)?
>It is possible to write a text editor or terminal emulator with this
>feature. As far as I know, though, none of the out-of-the-box
>DECwindows applications have it.
We have a locally developed EDT emulation in TPU which allows rectangle
cut and paste as described above. I don't know whether it can be modified
to work via the mouse or not.
It can be FTP'd from ymir.claremont.edu from the directory
[anonymous.public.editors.eve_edt]
-dh
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!dhosek From: dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (dhosek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Mouse on VAXstation 2000 running DECwindows Message-ID: <4839@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 6 Mar 90 06:23:09 GMT References: <16959@oregon.uoregon.edu> <2967@bacchus.dec.com> Reply-To: dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Pitzer College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 26