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Copy and Paste with the Mouse
To copy and paste with the mouse, highlight the text to be copied, go to where you want it copied, and click the middle mouse button.
Two Button Mouse
If you have a two button mouse, there is no middle button. You can set it up so you can paste by clicking both mouse buttons at the same time.
Go to the Control Panel, then Xvesa. After selecting the screen resolution, select two button mouse. Restart the computer for this to take effect.
Using Commands
To change to a 2 button mouse, open the terminal and type
sed -i 's/-shadow -mouse/-shadow -2button -mouse/' ~/.xsession
If you want to change it back to a 3 button mouse, use
sed -i 's/-shadow -2button -mouse/-shadow -mouse/' ~/.xsession
Restart the computer for this to take effect.
If you have Xorg
Be aware: If Xorg is loaded, Xvesa setup will not run.
If you experience this, move Xorg to another directory, restart the computer, run Xvesa setup, put Xorg back, and restart the computer again.
Another option is to start Tiny Core with the boot options “base norestore,” run Xvesa setup, then restart it normally. If you don't have persistent home, you need to ensure /home/tc/.xsession is saved. You may need to, for example, save .xsession to sda1, then after restarting the computer normally, copy and paste it to /home/tc. Then backup and restart the computer again for this to take effect.
