[developers] LkbFos: how to copy from the text area

[Alexandre Rademaker]

Thank you John. The shift-drag works nicely! I don’t know how to make the right-click on MacOS.

Best,
Alexandre

> On 16 Sep 2020, at 06:26, John Carroll <J.A.Carroll at sussex.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alexandre,
> 
> In LkbFos you can copy from text-like windows such as Scoped MRS, Lkb Top etc. How to do this is different between macOS and Linux since they have different conceptions of copy/paste.
> 
> macOS:
> 1. Shift-drag to highlight the text you want to copy; do this by holding down the shift key while dragging the mouse with the left button held down. Alternatively you can shift-left-click one end of the text and then shift-right-click the other end.
> 2. Type command-C (or select Copy from the XQuartz Edit menu). The text is now in the system clipboard and can be pasted in the normal way.
> 
> Linux:
> 1. Shift-drag as above.
> 2. To paste the highlighted text, click the middle mouse button.
> 
> I'll add these instructions to http://moin.delph-in.net/LkbFos
> 
> John