Re: running FreeBSD on an iMac - solved - well sorta

On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:09:27 +0100, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 5:15 PM doug <doug@safeport.com> wrote:
> > I am not sure why cut and paste seems to depend on the BIOS which is really
> > gone. The Apple method of booting to the BIOS does not work so I assume
> > some part of it (the BIOS) are physically on the hard drive.
> 
> macOS use Apple / Cmd button in place of Ctrl button as in PC. But I
> noticed Win key is also recognised on PC keyboard (i.e. use Cmd+C
> instead Ctrl+C to copy, Cmd+V instead Ctrl+V to paste).. this is a bit
> annoying when switching between PC and Mac to use different keys for
> copy-paste undo close etc but only Ctrl is replaced with Cmd ;-)

Have you tried not using the keyboard for copypasta because
it's usually not needed? For example, select text with the
left mouse button down (mark as usual), or use double or triple
click - and then use middle mouse button (or press down the
mouse wheel) to paste? Paste will take place where yout
mouse pointer is, or where your text cursor is located
(especially in xterm).

In worst case, test this with a standard 3 button mouse
(or 2 button mouse with wheel) instead of the original
Apple "no button" mouse. I don't have any idea what to
press on that thing... ;-)




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