"dyoon99@gmail.com" writes:

> In Xterm and using mouse, left button is used to copy text, and middle
> button is used to paste. I want to use right button instead to paste
> text. How do I do it?

Add the following to your X resources (e.g. with xrdb or $XENVIRONMENT).
This swaps the meanings of the unshifted buttons 2 and 3.

XTerm.vt100.translations: #override \n\
~Ctrl ~Meta : ignore() \n\
~Ctrl ~Meta : insert-selection(SELECT, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
~Ctrl ~Meta : ignore() \n\
~Ctrl ~Meta : start-extend() \n\
~Meta : ignore() \n\
~Meta : select-extend()

On 2007-10-19, dyoon99@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a burning question for quite some time I've been searching for
> an answer for.
>
> In Xterm and using mouse, left button is used to copy text, and middle
> button is used to paste. I want to use right button instead to paste
> text. How do I do it? I am mainly using linux, but that wouldn't
> really matter as long as it's all X window... ?

Since someone already answered (and I didn't know the answer anyway),
I'll just say that I would advise against what you want to do.
Middle click is pretty much the standard way to paste selections in X.

If your middle mouse button has a problem, then you can add an Option
"Emulate3Buttons" "true" to your X.org/XFree86 configuration file in the
pointing device section, to middle click by pressing both left/right
buttons simultaneously. Or alternatively, get a new mouse.

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