[TriLUG] ASCII screenshot

[M. Mueller]

On Thursday 23 May 2002 07:56 pm, Thunder Bear reputedly wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 19:42, Chris Knowles wrote:
> > Is there a way on a box without X, and without the ability to ssh to it,
> > to take a screenshot?  Basically what I want is a "picture" of the text
> > on the screen.
> >
> > (So a txt file that has the screen in it.)
> >
> > I'd be really surprised if there is such a thing, but I had the need for
> > it today, so I thought I'd ask.
>
> Got a mouse on that box?
>
> Highlight from top left corner to lower right corner, open up the text
> editor of your choice, and single-click the middle mouse button.

thought I'd throw in stream merging too:
$ blahblag > tmp 2>&1

I am using a xterm.  I tried the method above. Failed.  I highlighted, opened 
vi blah, entered 'i' for insert, pressed two buttons on mouse (two buttom 
simulating three button).  I saw nothing entered.  What am I doing wrong?

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Mike Mueller
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