Copy and paste in Terminal

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 15 05:03:25 UTC 2010


  On 10/14/2010 08:03 PM, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> I'll bite. How are the two processes different? As far as copying text
>>> they seem exactly the same.
>> They use 2 different "buffers" to store the "copied" text.  They can be
>> used together if you so choose....
> Okay, I can now say I really don't like using the middle wheel. It
> requires me to take my hands off the keyboard twice. I'd really like
> to be able to highlight the the mouse, and paste with a keyboard
> combination.
>
> Anyway, I also now realize it doesn't work with screen -- I can't copy
> in one window and paste to another. The buffer must somehow get
> deleted, or perhaps there's a buffer for each screen window?
>
> Thanks again,
> Alex
Hey Alex, can you elaborate exactly the things you are doing
which are not working?
I was under the impression that you had working once
you realized that the right button is not for pasting.



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