Copy and paste with X Windows

Copy and paste can be used with X Windows. Simple text can be copied and pasted between X application windows and between X applications and Windows applications.

Copying from X windows

• Select text using the left mouse button. The selected text is immediately available in the copy buffer.
• To paste into an X window, move the mouse to the window where the text is to be placed, and click for focus. Your next move depends on whether you have a 3-buttoned mouse and launched X to use a 3-buttoned mouse. If so, click on the middle mouse button. If you have a 2-buttoned mouse or if you launched X to use a 2-buttoned mouse, then click at the same time both the left and right mouse buttons.
• To paste into a Windows application, move to the appropriate window, click for focus and paste as is normal for the application.

Copying from Windows

• Select text as normal from the window of a Windows application.
• To paste into an X window, move the mouse to the window where the text is to be placed, and click for focus. Your next move depends on whether you have a 3-buttoned mouse and launched X to use a 3-buttoned mouse. If so, click on the middle mouse button. If you have a 2-buttoned mouse or if you launched X to use a 2-buttoned mouse, then click at the same time both the left and right mouse buttons.

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