On 04/03/11 06:42, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 19:42 -0500, Vincent wrote:
What is the correct way to copy a file or directory to another directory? In the past I was able to use press the mouse left and right button, it didn't work all the time hard to press the two buttons at the same time.
This has nothing to do with copying files as such. The "press two buttons" trick is used when you have a two-button mouse and want to simulate pressing a (non-existent) middle button, which is a conventional way to paste text from the X copy buffer.
Check your X settings, specifically the mouse. You don't say what desktop you're using so instructions will vary.
poc
When I asked this question several weeks ago I received the following [from my notes] which corrects the problem for me.:
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On 09/11/10 16:54, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > Are you trying to make a synthetic button 2 using simultaneous clicks with the left and right mouse button? If so: > > """Add this: > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "whatever" > MatchIsPointer "on" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" > EndSection > > to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf (or any Xorg conf you want) and you will again have middle click emulation. I don't know if this will solve your problem regarding your actual middle button.""" > - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=847309#p847309
Bob