Copy and paste in Terminal

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 23:03 -0400, 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.
> 
You seem to be mixing up the two methods of copying. You highlight with
the left mouse button and copy with the middle mouse button. NO keyboard
is involved, 

Unless you mean that to use the mouse you have to take one hand off the
keyboard.
> 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
I copy between two screens all the time using the mouse button method.

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