[TriLUG] Cutting and Pasting In a Terminal Window

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Tue Mar 12 10:00:44 EST 2002


You know this already, but sometimes the obvious needs to be said:  Buy a
three button mouse.

I used to do the two button dance... but once you try a mouse with three,
there's no going back (didn't Eddie Murphy say something like that once?)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Bollinger" <jeff01 at email.unc.edu>
To: "TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:52 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] Cutting and Pasting In a Terminal Window


> Hey, I was just wondering if someone knew a better way to cut and paste
> with the mouse from a terminal window?  I'm using RHAT 7.2 (and Gnome)
> and just the standard terminal I guess (is it an Xterm?) and a
> two-button (3 emulated) PS/2 M$ Optical mouse.  Currently I highlight my
> selection and then click both buttons at the same time to simultaneously
> cut and paste (which as you can imagine, sucks in Vi).  Is there a
> mapping I can change somewhere, or can I select and use a keyboard
> shortcut (SHIFT+INS??)
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> --
> Jeff Bollinger
> University of North Carolina
> IT Security Analyst
> 105 Abernethy Hall
> mailto: jeff_bollinger at unc dot edu
>
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