From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt14a-65.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.203.65] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15hzR8-0002ms-00 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:19:43 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) id f8EKFaF00643 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:15:36 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:15:00 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Announcing cut and paste feature for speakup! Message-ID: <20010914151500.A632@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <20010914020835.A31664@tink.advancenet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010914020835.A31664@tink.advancenet.net>; from jim@danley.com on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 02:08:35AM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thank you Jim, I'm someone that shure will make grate use of that feature. Greg On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 02:08:35AM -0500, Jim Danley wrote: > The power to cut and paste has been added to Speakup! > > Have you ever needed to make note of a phone number, IP address, or long > URL displayed on the screen? Well, with the new cut and paste feature, > cutting text from the screen and pasting it into any application in any > console is now possible. > > You will need to checkout the latest CVS copy of speakup to enjoy this > new feature. > > There are two new default speakup keys reserved. The keypad divide key, > the one just right of the numlock key, is the mark/cut toggle. > The paste key is Insert keypad divide. > > Here is how it works. > > 1. Move reading cursor to one end of the block of text you wish to cut > 2. Press the mark/cut key. You should hear "mark". > 3. Move reading cursor to other end of block of text to be cut. > 4. Press the mark/cut key. You should hear "cut". > 5. The cut buffer is now saved. > 6. Move to a program in any console where you wish to copy the cut buffer. > 7. Press the paste key. You should hear "paste" and text from > the cut buffer will be output just as if you had entered it > at the keyboard. > > Note: Trailing whitespace is stripped and newlines added where appropriate. > > Cut and paste has been tested successfully on Linux kernel versions > 2.2.19 and 2.4.9. Enjoy! > > Jim Danley > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup