X-style middle mouse cut and paste for MacOSX?

Post #351,916 by jake123 12/13/11 12:47:41 PM Reply	X-style middle mouse cut and paste for MacOSX? Howdy guys... anyone know if there's a utility I can grab to give myself X-style middle mouse copy/paste in MacOS?
Post #351,923 by SpiceWare 12/13/11 4:37:27 PM Reply	Re: X-style middle mouse cut and paste for MacOSX? not familiar with one. While it's not the same, right-click menu has copy/paste options. You can also drag/drop selected text.
Post #351,925 by malraux 12/13/11 7:56:29 PM Reply	iTerm does that But it's not global to the OS. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #352,020 by jake123 12/16/11 12:37:27 PM Reply	Yeah... and it's not really the same some differences in behaviour. I use it, but it's still lame. Oh well, had hopes. Thanks all!
Post #352,040 by folkert 12/16/11 7:14:14 PM Reply	One of my... peeves. I use it ALL THE TIME OSX won't do it.
Post #352,043 by Another Scott 12/16/11 8:20:39 PM Reply	Not even with a Kensington mouse? MagicPrefs? I don't have a current Kensington mouse, but they still sell several with multiple buttons, OS X support, and some are programmable. Their web page is worthless, unfortunately. What about MagicPrefs if you've got a Magic Mouse? http://magicprefs.com/ I'd be surprised, but not astonished, if Apple so tightly tied down the mouse driver that it couldn't be changed to make a mouse do what you wanted. Cheers, Scott.
Post #352,045 by folkert 12/16/11 8:35:17 PM Reply	It automagically... Change extra buttons upon login. I've got a Logitech Wireless mouse with 5 buttons (including the scroll wheel) I've yet to find an intuitive way to handle things like I'm use to in X. OSX seems damned determined to reset the mouse button definitions at certain undetermined times... Its just not worth the effort.
Post #352,076 by malraux 12/17/11 10:40:24 AM Reply	Have you tried autocutsel? http://www.lepton.fr/tools/autocutsel/ Keeps the selection buffer coordinated with the clipboard between OSX and X at least, so if you command-C something in OSX it's available for middle button paste in X, and if you highlight in X it's available for command-V in OSX. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #352,078 by malraux 12/17/11 11:15:29 AM Reply	Here's half of a solution: Create an applescript like so: tell application "System Events" key code 48 using {command down} key code 9 using {command down} end tell Save it as an applescript application, then attach it to the middle button using the Mouse preferences and "Other". It's a hack: cmd-Tab to get to the previous application, then cmd-v to paste. :-D There's probably a more reliable way to do it but this is a start. It will break if you want to paste between two different windows in the same application. You'll still have to do ctrl-C to copy whatever into the clipboard if you're in something that doesn't do highlight-copy (probably anything other than iTerm or X), but I just tested this by selecting in iTerm and pasting with a mouse click in TextEdit. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.

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