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Quote: releasing middle button executes the selected command; e.g., select text and middle-click on 'Cut'

topics > all references > references p-r > QuoteRef: pikeR6_1991a , p. 269



Topic:
incremental execution
Topic:
mouse as the user interface

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Like the left mouse button, the middle button … executes the command indicated by that text. For … then selects with the middle button the word … [or, click the middle button while selecting with the left button]. (By convention, capitalized commands represent built-in functions.) … If the text of the command name is … middle button. Note that 'Cut' is not a … that is bound to some action.   Google-1   Google-2

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