Re: OT: Make Windows act like Debian and copy text just by marking it

[Daniel Andersson <list@daniel-gr-andersson.com>]

On 02/01/2011 03:30 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 03:01, Daniel Andersson
> <list@daniel-gr-andersson.com>  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a program that allows me to make Windows to act like as
> > Debian and copy text just by marking it?
> >
> > It would lessen the annoyance of switching to Windows :)
>
> I feel your pain. The two ways I have found are AutoHotKey scripts,
> which is a really hacky method, and True X-Mouse[1].
>
> TXMouse is better in some ways, but there are still disadvantages:
> 1) middle click will not work for some things, like opening links in a
> new tab in FF/SM
> 2) TXMouse brings in classic X Windows focus behaviour -
> Focus follows mouse, and optional autoraise
>
> Some people like that focus style. Personally, I hate it unless
> I am using a tiling WM, which isn't avalible on Windows
>
> Also, in Win7 the systray popup is disconnected from the taskbar,
> so it is a real pain to use it with focus follows mouse.
>
>
> [1] http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/nt/TXMouse/
>
> Cheers,
> Kelly Clowers

Nice! Hope I will get some time to try this out.

Thanks

/Daniel