From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from user-24-214-63-226.knology.net ([24.214.63.226] helo=smtp1.knology.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17reFu-0005GN-00 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:48:34 -0400 Received: (qmail 23152 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2002 12:48:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO potpal) (24.214.40.161) by smtp1.knology.net with SMTP; 18 Sep 2002 12:48:31 -0000 Received: from kennyhitt by potpal with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17reMK-0003ZB-00 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 07:55:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 07:55:11 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: speakup and the mouse Message-ID: <20020918125511.GA10914@potpal> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Kenny Hitt Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: Hi. also, if you press the left mouse button you will replace the contents of the speakup buffer with the character under the mouse. Kenny On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 06:31:52AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Here is an interesting and unexpected fact that is close to > useless for most of us, but very informative. > > I can use the speakup cut and paste feature to "mark" and "cut" a > section of the screen display, and then "paste" that text by > pressing my right mouse button. How about that? > > Why, you ask, am I using a mouse? Some weeks ago I configured X > on my system (without any access tools (yet)) and during that > process I installed GPM, the General Purpose Mouse driver, to > check it for compatibility with various window managers etcetera. > Frankly I forgot it was installed, and recently quite by accident > while tidyhing up my desk I hit the right mouse button, which > normally inserts captured text at the cursor, and lo and behold > the most recent text captured by speakup was inserted. I have > checked it several times and it works reliably. > > I assume what that means is that speakup and GPM share a capture > buffer, which makes a lot of sense. > > Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (85% of Full) > So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >