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Plan 9's acme editor uses mouse chords: select text with the left mouse button, then while holding LMB click the middle mouse button to cut. Click and hold LMB
by floren 7y ago
Plan 9's acme editor uses mouse chords: select text with the left mouse button, then while holding LMB click the middle mouse button to cut. Click and hold LMB to select an input point, then right-click to paste the text from the clipboard. To copy text, you simply select with LMB, click MMB to cut, then immediately click RMB to paste back into the same spot while also maintaining the clipboard copy.
I use it daily and it is pretty convenient. There are other chords too, but those are the big ones.
- mhd 7y agoInspired wholesale by the same feature in Oberon. And one of the things that makes me miss proper three button mice.
- floren 7y agoGood call, I occasionally forget how much Acme was inspired by Oberon. As for mice, I am currently using a Logitech 3-button "MouseMan" mouse via a PS/2 to USB converter, but if you want something more modern I find the Kensington Expert Mouse trackball an acceptable alternative.
- zzo38computer 7y agoI also want a proper three button mouse; I don't use the wheel and would rather have three full buttons.
- clarry 7y agoI'd prefer wheel and third button. I don't understand why mouse buttons need to be so large. Indeed, keys are much smaller, and the thumb buttons in mice are still much smaller. That's not a problem. Every mouse I've had has a comfortable spot between the two main buttons and the wheel where you could fit the third button..
- SuperPaintMan 7y agoI use a Ploopy that's been modified to run QMK (just needs a ISP flash, nothing crazy) and has my onboard chording engine. It's a mess, but having 2^n inputs and a trackball is very fun and hacky :) https://www.ploopy.co/ https://www.ploopy.co/