Screen: How to copy paste between ttys?

Deboo ^ knowledgeful at gmail.com
Tue May 24 19:29:53 UTC 2005


On 5/23/05, Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> Deboo ^ wrote:
> > On 5/22/05, Mike Klinke <lsomike at futzin.com> wrote:
> >
> >>On Saturday 21 May 2005 16:05, JL wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>And if you don't have a middle mouse button, what then? My laptop
> >>>and my mouse both have only 2 buttons.
> >>>
> >>>JDL
> >>
> >>There may be other ways ... I think I remember reading that if you
> >>press both mouse buttons at the same time, if you have the right
> >>type of mouse, on Tuesdays before 10:00 am, if you're coordinated
> >>enough ...
> >>
> >>If you haven't discovered the joys of a wheel mouse a few dollars at
> >>your local computer store will lead to enlightenment and
> >>happiness ... and as a side effect, it will solve your copy/paste
> >>problems too.
> >>
> >>
> >>Regards, Mike Klinke
> >
> >
> > Tho this would become another topic, but what if the wheel mouse's
> > wheel doens't work under linux? I mean it doens't do the funtion of a
> > wheel but does paste the copied contents with the left button drag.
> 
> If it's a Microsoft-compatible wheel mouse, it'll work in Linux.
> 
> As for cutting, etc., select via a left mouse drag, copy and paste via
> a center button click, clicking the wheel or simultaneously clicking
> left and right buttons.  Most GUI apps also support CTRL+C for copy to
> clipboard and CTRL+V for paste from clipboard.
> 
> YMMV.

Well, the wheel doesn't seem to work still. The mouse works fine,
though. Coping and pasting works too. Just not the wheel scroll.

Deboo


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