how to copy/paste on MAC
Nils wrote on Jan 23, 2011
Hi,
I could not figure out how to copy/paste from iraf on MAC. Both middle-click and command-c/v don't work. I have MAC OS X 10.5.8. Could anyone help me out? Thanks.
I could not figure out how to copy/paste from iraf on MAC. Both middle-click and command-c/v don't work. I have MAC OS X 10.5.8. Could anyone help me out? Thanks.
Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Jan 23, 2011
It depends whether you're referring to the Terminal.app or an xterm/xgterm window, or a cross between the two. The Cmd-c/v works with the Mac pasteboard and is appropriate for Terminal.app, the mouse button cut-n-paste is an X11 thing.
You can enable clipboard sync by editing ~/Library/Preferences/org.x.X11.plist and adding the following five boolean keys1 (and checking them).
Restart X11 and they should be synchronized properly.
You can add the keys either with the Property List Editor or with the following Terminal commands:
You can enable clipboard sync by editing ~/Library/Preferences/org.x.X11.plist and adding the following five boolean keys1 (and checking them).
sync_clipboard_to_pasteboard
sync_pasteboard
sync_pasteboard_to_clipboard
sync_pasteboard_to_primary
sync_primary_on_select
Restart X11 and they should be synchronized properly.
You can add the keys either with the Property List Editor or with the following Terminal commands:
defaults write org.x.X11 sync_clipboard_to_pasteboard -boolean true
defaults write org.x.X11 sync_pasteboard -boolean true
defaults write org.x.X11 sync_pasteboard_to_clipboard -boolean true
defaults write org.x.X11 sync_pasteboard_to_primary -boolean true
defaults write org.x.X11 sync_primary_on_select -boolean true
Nils wrote on Jan 23, 2011
Many thanks!!!
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