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APPENDIX 3 - POINTER DEVICE SUPPORT IN THE


This appendix describes the default behaviour of supported pointer devices when running THE.

Mouse behaviour in X11 port

With pointer cursor in filearea :

PressButton1
Move text cursor to position
PressButton1(Shift)RESET BLOCK, MARK LINE
PressButton1(Control)RESET BLOCK, MARK BOX
PressButton2
Paste X selection at text cursor position
PressButton2(Control)If in DIR.DIR, SOS EDIT
PressButton3
RESET BLOCK, MARK WORD
PressButton3(Shift)MARK LINE
PressButton3(Control)MARK BOX
DragButton1
Highlight area for X selection (NOT implemented yet)
DragButton1(Shift)MARK LINE (extend line block )
DragButton1(Control)MARK BOX (extend box block )

With pointer cursor in prefix area :

PressButton1
Move text cursor to position
PressButton2
Paste X selection at text cursor position

With pointer cursor in command line :

PressButton1
Move text cursor to position
PressButton2
Paste X selection at text cursor position

With pointer cursor in idline :

PressButton1
EDIT (edit next file in ring )

With pointer cursor in status line :

PressButton1
STATUS (display status information screen)

With pointer cursor in divider:

PressButton1
SET SCREEN 1 (sets display back to 1 screen)


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Generated on: 26 May 1996

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