Copy and Paste with the Mouse

Tiny Core 1.X

Copy and Paste with the Mouse

When using Tiny Core you can copy and paste with the mouse. To do this, highlight the text to be copied using the left mouse button, and paste it with the middle mouse button.

Two Button Mouse

If you have a two button mouse, you do not have a middle mouse button. Tiny Core can be set up so that people using a two button mouse can paste by pressing both mouse buttons at the same time.

To set it up this way, in the menu (right mouse click), go to Tools -> Xvesa Setup. You will see a new window where you can change the screen resolution. Set this as desired, and press "Enter." You will see a new window where you can select the mouse type. Select the appropriate type, and press "Enter." For this to take effect, you need to turn the computer off and restart. To save settings, you must Backup when shutting down Tiny Core.

Alternate Methods

Another way to set up for a two button mouse is to edit the Grub menu. Open the file "menu.lst" in Grub, and add "xsetup" to the end of the line which begins with "kernel /boot/bzImage." After starting the computer, you will be able to select the screen resolution and mouse type. To save these settings, you must Backup when shutting down Tiny Core. Once this is set up, you can remove "xsetup" from Grub.

If using the live CD, when you get to the boot prompt, type "tinycore xsetup" and press enter.

Xorg

If Xorg is installed, Xvesa Setup won't run. To overcome this, remove Xorg from the tce directory, start the computer without it, run Xvesa Setup, then put Xorg back. Restart the computer for it to be loaded.

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