[nflug] Unintended text pasting in Thunderbird - and maybe elsewhere

[Joe]

Nope. That didn't fix it.
Still poking around for it.

Joe

Joe wrote:

> Thanks. Interesting reading.
> We'll see if that's it.
> I patched my X11 config to (hopefully) turn off the middle button. Don't
> remember how to restart X, so next boot ....
>
> Joe
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> ### Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> ### Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
> EndSection
>
>
> SilverBear wrote:
>   
>> Joe,
>> I think you're activating the X-Window paste function, which is a middle-mouse button click --or click both right-left buttons at the same time if you've not got a middle button.  I hate touchpads and always connect a mouse to my laptop, so you may need to experiment to see if it works the same on a touchpad.
>>
>> I don't know that you _can_ disable this, but maybe you can set the touchpad click to be less sensitive.  
>>
>> Of possible help:
>> http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html
>>
>> --John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: josephj at main.nc.us
>>> Sent: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:08:31 -0500
>>> To: nflug at nflug.org
>>> Subject: [nflug] Unintended text pasting in Thunderbird - and maybe
>>> elsewhere
>>>
>>> When I write emails (and maybe in OpenOffice too - I'm not sure), I
>>> click somewhere to move the cursor (since it's on the touchpad and I'm
>>> not looking at it when this happens, I'm not sure if it's a left or
>>> right click).
>>>
>>> Usually, it just works, but sometimes, a bunch of text - probably from
>>> the klipper clipboard gets inserted and completely messes up what I'm
>>> doing.  An undo fixes it, but it's highly annoying.
>>>
>>> Any idea what's causing this and how to disable it?
>>>
>>> When I was writing the email before this, it happened and I ended up
>>> pasting a nine page article into the subject line!  It's a tribute to
>>> Linux and Thunderbird that the whole thing didn't crash, but you get the
>>> idea why I don't like this "feature".
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
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>>> Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (kubuntu version)
>>> kde 3.5.10
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