Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!kodak!elmgate!jeh From: jeh@elmgate.UUCP (Ed J Hanway CUST) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: CON: replacement (was Re: suggestion for JimM) Message-ID: <1140@elmgate.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 89 16:31:00 GMT References: <1258@quintus.UUCP> <756@jc3b21.UUCP> Reply-To: jeh@elmgate.UUCP (Ed Hanway) Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY Lines: 37 In article <756@jc3b21.UUCP> fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) writes: [ in response to a discussion about mouse cut/paste in console windows] > > That approach would work fine if you wanted to copy text from earlier >in the window. But I can already do that with the shell by pressing the up >arrow. It would be more useful to be able to copy text from one window and >paste it in another. I don't see how you would do that with the modifier >key approach. You can presently recall previous command lines with the arrow keys, but what's missing is the ability to, say, get a directory, grab a name out of the listing and stuff it into a new command line. At the risk of announcing vaporware, this thread has prompted me to jump the gun a little and mention my latest half-finished program -- a CON: replacement which supports mouse cut/paste. Yes, I started this knowing that 1.4 will include something like this, but I'm working on it anyway because: (1) I'm not holding my breath waiting for 1.4. (2) ConMan's apparent popularity (even since 1.3's NEWCON: came out) has shown that there is still room for alternate console handlers. Currently you click-and-drag to select something (like a Sun, there is no separate "cut" operation) and use the "Stuff" menu item (or its shortcut, Amiga-S) to paste it. I'll probably also map a function key to do the paste. I'm trying to keep the approach as streamlined as possible; using ALT- to do a one step cut/paste is a possibility, but I've never been thrilled with using the keyboard to qualify the mouse. I welcome comments, suggestions, etc. -- Ed Hanway Eastman Kodak Company ...!rochester!kodak!elmgate!jeh #include