*nix style copy/paste on WinXP

[Ritt]

Anyone know how to make WinXP work like Unix/Linux where you can just highlight text and automatically copies it to the clipboard? And also hitting both left and right click at the same time pastes?

It would save much time and my pinky from falling off from ctrl+c and ctrl+v. I searched google and the forums and came up with nothing.

 

[Hyperblaze]

usually highlight then click on copy, right click, then click on paste.

 

[ShadowBlade]

or you could just not use our pinky

 

[Ritt]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
or you could just not use our pinky

left pinky for ctrl, left index finger for c and v. its the fastest method and keyboard SOP. i am doing it so much for work that its getting annoying and i just wish i had the linux style

 

[stash]

Left-click the c:\ icon at the top left of the command window and go to properties. Check the quick-edit mode and hit ok...make sure you enable it for all future command windows.

Then you can highlight text in the window. Hit the right-mouse button to copy and hit right mouse again to paste.

 

[Ritt]

Thanks STaSh, that is nifty, but I was actually wanting it for all of Windows Explorer and applications, not just cmd

 

[TGS]

Don't fight the cli. Once you start to do bulk changes in a gui you start to run into annoying problems.

Also the default copy and paste in the command prompt is: <highlight> Enter <right click>. Same amount of clicks as stash, but you don't have to enable the quick edit option on new machines you log into. Assuming it's your home comp for bulk cut and pastes you may not have that issue.

 

[stash]

Same amount of clicks as stash, but you don't have to enable the quick edit option on new machines you log into

No, but you would need to right click and click on edit, mark for every new cmd window.

 

[TGS]

Unless it's different on XP, for 2K you can do <highlight> Enter <right click> without any changes to prompt settings.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: TGS
Unless it's different on XP, for 2K you can do <highlight> Enter <right click> without any changes to prompt settings.

It isn't different. I do that on XP. :beer:

 

[stash]

Huh. Yeah. Nevermind 😛