How to copy text selected by gpm from a tty to some gnome-session?

[stan]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:26:34 +0200
suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I haven't tried the screen idea suggested by the other poster yet.
> > That is a little more work than just clicking and pasting, but for
> > occasional use would be fine.
> 
> I don't see what work is involved with screen. Just start your session
> on any terminal like this:
> 
> $ screen -S <somename> # this is not necessary, but nice if you do
> 
> Then later on any terminal, either within a terminal emulator in X or
> in a proper tty, you can do
> 
> $ screen -ls
> 
> to list your screen sessions and
> 
> $ screen -r <session_name>
> 
> to reattach to an existing session.

Thanks for the screen tips.  Makes it very straightforward.