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is there a way to cut and paste text from xterm ?
Hi Daemonphilists !!
How are you ? well I have a question that has been preoccupying me for weeks : Is there a way to cut and paste text from xterm to xterm or file ? I mean ordinary xterm , not kde konsole or gnome terminal .. I must admit -& you can smile at this or laugh outloud- that lately I had to install kdebase simply to take advantage of its konsole so I can cut and paste long text , mainly config or rc.conf related text .. the other stumbling block .. if I can set keyboard in fvwm to shift layouts I will bid gnome farewell .. |
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To highlight click and hold the L mouse button while moving the cursor over the text. To paste move the cursor to the desired terminal/application and click the scroll button (middle mouse key if you have a classic unix mouse) or depress the L and R mouse buttons simultaneously if you are using a touchpad in a laptop
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Friend Shep ,thanks and sorry to say that I didn't get your point ..
I can select text sure but how to copy it then paste it on some other xterm or opened vi text .. I still do not know how .. help appreciated .. I am on Acer Aspire 5610 .. |
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I am not familair with the Aspire 5610 but on most laptops there should be 2 buttons immediately above or below the touchpad itself. Leave the text highlighted and lightly move the cursor to the other xterm/application. To paste depress both buttons simultaneously.
Xterm does not normally use a clipboard but will put highlighted text into a buffer from which it will paste - no need for a copy step. If you loose the highlighted text attempting to move the cursor there will be nothing in the buffer to paste. |
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Shep , Thanks very much
It works , like you said last : by pression both L and R mouse buttons . bye bye konsole ! |
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Hi Phoenix !!
In OpenBSD , I already have set (wsmoused_flags="") in rc.conf.local .. it does the same I bet .. the more you learn about the BSDs , the more you get enamored of them .. and truly and this is My VPoint , the more you learn about Win* , the more you realize how big the loss is .. or better yet : how big the lie is .. |
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