[ALUG] Real Player

[Richard Lewis]

On Thursday 26 July 2007 23:18:46 Ted Harding wrote:
> On 26-Jul-07 20:57:51, Bev Nicolson wrote:
> > Yes, that's exactly what happens Ted. But what's an xterm? And what's
> > the alternative to a middle click? It's not an option on my mouse. (I
> > am using Firefox btw.)
> > Bev.
>
> Ah, just remembered you're using Ubuntu. I think Ubuntu uses the
> name "terminal" in its window menu for what's usually called an
> "xterm" -- i.e. a window in the X display into which you can type
> commands.

I hate to sound picky, but I don't think "xterm" is a generic word 
for "terminal emulator". Its rather like the Hoover / vacuum cleaner debate; 
xterm is the name a specific terminal emulator distributed as part of the 
standard X Windows clients package. Other terminal emulators are available.

>
> As to "middle click" etc. Again, I'm not sure about how things
> are arranged in Ubuntu, but in standard X-windows usage you
> can use your three mouse-buttons[**] as follows:

And, unless I'm missing something really clever, this seems like a very 
protracted discussion of copy-and-paste? Surely when you select "Copy link 
location" in Firefox it just puts the link into your desktop environment's 
clipboard? And then you can just paste it into your terminal emulator? Or 
does xterm not play nicely with DE clipboards?

Cheers,
Richard
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