Mouse
On DECwindows, you can use the mouse to perform editing operations instead
of having to type commands or press defined keys:
Mouse keys Uses or effects
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M1 * Choose pull-down menus (File, Edit, Search, and so on).
* Select text (see usage notes below).
* Use vertical or horizontal scroll bars.
* Change the input focus or cursor position.
* Toggle settings using status line indicators.
* Get help on widgets---see help on Context Sensitive
Help.
M2 Copy or move text between EVE and other DECwindows
applications or within EVE---see help on Quick Copy.
M3 Display a pop-up menu---see help on Menus.
Usage notes:
o In the main window (or work area), clicking or dragging M1 repositions
the cursor and selects text as follows (see help on SELECT):
1 Click ...... Cancels a selection, and repositions the cursor.
2 Clicks ..... Selects all of the word the pointer is on.
3 Clicks ..... Selects all of the line the pointer is on.
4 Clicks ..... Selects all of the paragraph the pointer is on.
5 Clicks ..... Selects all of the buffer (same as SELECT ALL).
Drag ......... Selects text, starting where you press M1
and ending where you release M1.
Shift/Drag ... Extends or shrinks a selection.
o You cannot define unmodified M1 buttons. However, you can define the
downstroke, upstroke, clicks, and drag of other mouse buttons as
separate keys. If you press a mouse button you defined, EVE first moves
the cursor to where you are pointing---see help on Position Cursor---
and then executes the key definition. For example, the following
commands define the downstroke (press) of GOLD/M2 as PASTE and the
upstroke (release) as FILL:
Command: DEFINE KEY= gold/m2down paste
Command: DEFINE KEY= gold/m2up fill
Thus, when you press and release GOLD/M2, EVE first moves the cursor to
where you are pointing, pastes the text you last cut or copied, and
then fills the paragraph that the cursor is in.
o Undefined mouse buttons work like M1. For example, GOLD-M2CLICK1 is the
same as clicking M1, and GOLD-M2DRAG is the same as dragging M1.
Related topics:
Menus Position Cursor
Quick Copy Ranges And Boxes
Scroll Bars Status Line
DEFINE KEY SELECT
SET SELECTION GRAB FOCUS SET SELECTION GRAB SELECTION