How to get copy-paste with left-right-middle mouse buttons (traditional X11) with MacIntosh?

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How to get copy-paste with left-right-middle mouse buttons (traditional X11) with MacIntosh?

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How to get copy-paste with left-right-middle mouse buttons (traditional X11) with MacIntosh?
  • lick System preference icon at bottom of Desktop
  • click on mouse/keyboard
  • make changes on menu so that left button is primary, right button is secondary, and dashboard is button 3.

After this, copy-paste operations are like traditional X11; (a) click with left mouse button to begin highlighting, (b) drag to end of highlighting, or use right mouse button to click end of highlighting region, (c) move mouse to location for pasting and click middle mouse button.