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hi,
i'm using both windows and linux

under linux you can copy a text by marking the text and middle-clicking where you whish to copy to

is that possible to do with autohotkey?

Yes. Create a GUI/ContextMenu which will be triggered via the MidMouseButton and select an assigned target.

Have fun.

paste by mButton is no problem

the problem is to copy while marking the text

I'm working on a concept right now which I think could work. Hold in there!

Since the previously selected text should still be selected when you middle-click, maybe something simple:

MButton::
Clipboard = ; Must start off blank for detection to work.
Send ^c
ClipWait, 1
Send {LButton}^v ; The left click moves the caret to the cursor's position.
return

sry,

i don't understand,
but as i said, MButton is no problem:

Only problem is, it gets annoying after a while, so I changed "If Ctrl = D" to "If Ctrl = U" in my version. About the middle click? Didn't think you needed help on that, and Chris has it covered anyway. I wouldn't use it.

Thanks for the idea, I might actually use this myself!

Edit: Whoa... this is post #666. Maybe I'm destined to have bad luck with this script. Except that it kinda... um... works.

I think I understand this better now. The goal is to copy text immediately to the clipboard after the user stops dragging so that even if the user switches to an entirely different window, the middle-click will still paste the text. Thanks for the solution, Jonny.

The GGW! Eeek!
That's great because it sounds like a movie tagline.

Actually, that line is from a link button on an Oktolon website that BoBo recently pointed me to. Yes, Oktolon is the GGW's real name, and yes, there is actually a website devoted to it.

Has anyone else noticed how quickly this topic is getting posts?

yes

thank you

don't know if this helps, but a Firefox extension does part of the linux way, which copies all highlighted text in the browser to the clipboard without having to right click > copy. It's called Auto Copy. I know it's not the same language but maybe give you some ideas. A very handy extension if your use to linux but have to use windows.

See these threads:

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=463

and

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3079

Hello,
I use this as part of my Script, it's a wonderful function.
But I can copy text in several ways, not only "lbutton down, drag, lbutton up"
but also with a double click on a word, or with Shift + two mouse clicks at begin and end of the text to copy.
Has anyone an idea, how to send ^c in these cases, too?
nora