Re: [RP] Re: the continuing quest for no rodent dependence

[John Meacham]

XFree86 has it built in. alt-numlock or shift-numlock enables it i
think, the number pad acts like a mouse then and you can click with
various keys. to paste in xterm use shift-insert, 'screen' combined with
a utility such as 'xclip' will allow cut-n-paste with just the keyboard
in a terminal app, although it would be nice if xterm supported it
nativly. in any case there is no need to put this in the window manager
or need it built into the x server.
everything that can be implemented can be done so in an X application.
sort of like how xbindkeys works. see the XTEST extension for a good way
to simulate fake keyboard/mouse events from an application.
        John

On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 03:08:35AM -0500, Joe Corneli wrote:
> >> I noticed long ago that the goal of being rodent-free has not yet been
> >> attained.  Specfically, I think ratpoison should incorporate this
> >> feature:
> 
> >I think this feature is already implemented in X.
> 
> Um.... certainly not as the default behavior.
> 
> In order to copy text from window to window, I am 
> currently forced to use the mouse.  If there is another
> way to do it, fantastic; if you can tell me more, please
> do.
> 
> I can't say that I necessarily beleive you right off the
> bat that this feature is implemented. But hey, it definitely 
> seems like something that _should_ be implemented in X!
> 
> Joe
> 
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