Patrick - Glad that helped. I find myself working with Unix-like OS most of the time, and I'm very accustomed to the XWindows "use the middle mouse button to copy highlighted selection" behavior. I've noticed that some applications don't support this behavior - BaseX GUI is one of them - and I think the commonality is Java... Swing (? at least as I type this I think that Swing is the commonality). Best, Bridger PS Does MS Windows support this kind of thing? I'm not sure - I don't have a Windows machine handy.... On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 11:51 AM Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net> wrote:

Bridger,

You're right!

I has copy setup on highlighting and that doesn't seem to work, but your suggestion does.

Thanks!

Patrick

On 4/1/22 11:22, Bridger Dyson-Smith wrote:

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Hi Patrick -

I was able to copy (ctrl-c) out of the Result window and paste into Emacs with ctrl-y. Is that not working for you?

Best, Bridger

On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 10:34 AM Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net> wrote:

Hello,

I tried to copy a string out of results with the copy command on the drop down but don't seem to be able to paste into Emacs.

Trying to be good and document my steps but if I can't copy-paste, that's going to be tedious.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Patrick

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I think we could try to extend the standard Swing components (JTextField, etc.) to also support the middle mouse button;

I have added middle mouse button support to single-line text fields [1], and I have revised the implementation for our custom text areas. I decided to either copy or paste text when the middle button is clicked, not both at the same time. Feedback is welcome. [1] https://files.basex.org/releases/latest/

Christian, On Debian sid: On the find/xquery/command line at top: copy-n-paste with middle button works as expected, to and from BaseX. The Editor window, and Result page, the content from a prior copy-n-paste in the top line appears. That is if I copy //modial//population in the top line, no other selection in the Editor or Result window will replace it when I try to paste. That is //modial//population will continue to appear, despite having selected other text. Changing the command line and selecting that changed text, however, does reflect the change. Thanks! Patrick On 4/4/22 09:27, Patrick Durusau wrote:

Thanks!

I'm downloading it now.

It's a hard habit to break!

Patrick

On 4/4/22 07:45, Christian Grün wrote:

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I think we could try to extend the standard Swing components (JTextField, etc.) to also support the middle mouse button; I have added middle mouse button support to single-line text fields [1], and I have revised the implementation for our custom text areas. I decided to either copy or paste text when the middle button is clicked, not both at the same time.

Feedback is welcome.

[1] https://files.basex.org/releases/latest/

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