[SOLVED] Urxvt

Mr. Alex · 06-08-2011, 04:12 AM

http://jhm.cotren.net/node/325

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To copy text from an rxvt terminal simply drag the cursor over the region of text you want to select with the mouse while holding the left button down. Selected text will be highlighted and available in the clipboard for pasting into other applications via Ctrl-v.

It doesn't work for me. Help me please to configure it.
If not this, I would like to copy like in gnome-terminal - select text and hit Ctrl+Ins.
As for now - when I select text and hit Ctrl+Ins, urxvt outputs "^" and doesn't copy anything.

Thor_2.0 · 06-08-2011, 04:40 AM

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Selected text will be highlighted and available in the clipboard

Hmm, should'nt you hit Ctrl-C first? Dunnow, that's my first idea here...of course, rxvt emulates the VT102 terminal...did that handle Copy-n-Paste?
Loose shreds of thoughts...

Thor

Mr. Alex · 06-08-2011, 05:00 AM

Ctrl+C just gives me new PS1, it doesn't copy text.

segmentation_fault · 06-08-2011, 08:35 AM

On a terminal/terminal emulator Ctrl-C sends a signal to kill the process running, so it will not copy anything. Selecting the text with your mouse and middle click while the text is still selected (marked). Are you shure this doesn't work? It works for me even in no GUI mode, whith gpm running.

catkin · 06-08-2011, 10:30 AM

In a default installation of urxvt the quote in the OP is not correct. Selecting text in urxvt by left button dragging copies it to the X PRIMARY buffer; Control+V in most desktop GUI programs copies the contents of the X CLIPBOARD buffer. There is a discussion of configuring urxvt (including configuring copy and paste to behave in ways that integrate readily with most desktop programs) in this LQ thread.

MTK358 · 06-08-2011, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by catkin

In a default installation of urxvt the quote in the OP is not correct. Selecting text in urxvt by left button dragging copies it to the X PRIMARY buffer; Control+V in most desktop GUI programs copies the contents of the X CLIPBOARD buffer.

You can paste from the "primary buffer" using the middle mouse button (and it's not just in urxvt, selecting text anywhere works that way). It's a very convenient feature.

Thor_2.0 · 06-08-2011, 04:08 PM

@ segmentation_fault

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On a terminal/terminal emulator Ctrl-C sends a signal to kill the process running, so it will not copy anything.

Thanks, I did'nt know that...

catkin · 06-08-2011, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MTK358

You can paste from the "primary buffer" using the middle mouse button (and it's not just in urxvt, selecting text anywhere works that way). It's a very convenient feature.

When using a two button mouse, the middle mouse button can be simulated by pressing both buttons together. On some mice the scroll wheel can be clicked as a middle button.