hughes@packrat.csee.usf.edu (Ken Hughes) (08/29/90)
I've read thru the documentation on this (I think) and haven't seen anywhere how to delete/cut a selection from an xedit window. The users here of Suntools who loathe vi are reluctant to use X when it doesn't have an editor they feel comfortable with. Is there a way to do this, or is there a contributed editor somewhere which does? For that matter, does twm or X support this anywhere? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Hughes (hughes@sol.csee.usf.edu) | "If you were happy every day of your FT-Ph D student, PT-ex-sysadm | your life you wouldn't be a human Dept of Comp Sci and Eng | being, you'd be a game show host." University of South Florida | Winona Ryder, from _Heathers_ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) (08/30/90)
In article <1414@ziggy.EDU>, hughes@packrat.csee.usf.edu (Ken Hughes) writes: |> |> I've read thru the documentation on this (I think) and haven't seen anywhere |> how to delete/cut a selection from an xedit window. Cutting text is handled by the application. xedit uses the Athena text widget where the default key binding for deleting selections is control-w (the UNIX delete word convention). You may remap this binding through the translations resource. Many people use the delete key instead of control-w. Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee
keane@zeus.socs.uts.edu.au (Chris Keane) (08/30/90)
hughes@packrat.csee.usf.edu (Ken Hughes) writes: >I've read thru the documentation on this (I think) and haven't seen anywhere >how to delete/cut a selection from an xedit window. The users here of Suntools >who loathe vi are reluctant to use X when it doesn't have an editor they feel >comfortable with. Is there a way to do this, or is there a contributed editor >somewhere which does? >For that matter, does twm or X support this anywhere? The way to do is: { button1: highlight text via dragging with button1 or button1: hit to mark start of text button3: hit to mark end of text (selected text becomes highlighted) } THEN button2: paste highlighted text at cursor position. This is really standard and uses the X cutbuffers (that means you can highlight and paste between applications (e.g. xterm and xedit)). regards... Christofu. p.s. This post is also serving as a test for a new news posting method. Could you please reply via email? +-------------------------------------------------+ | The ultimate profit-making juke-box: It plays |keane@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au | Kylie Minogue songs until you put money in it...| +-------------------------------------------------+ Disclaimer: These are my own opinions, but I'm insane. What's your excuse?