copying text from console

spx2 · 12-17-2005, 02:44 PM

how can i copy text from konsole or rxvt ?

jollyjoice · 12-17-2005, 02:48 PM

Middle mouse button, highlight it then click the middle button to paste. It works with everything in linux and is SO much easier!

spooon · 12-17-2005, 03:39 PM

There are two ways to copy and paste things in X. First, there is the selection buffer; you highlight to copy and middle-click to paste; this always works in any application in X. Then there is also the clipboard (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, or something like that), but that is only supported mainly by modern GUI applications.

linmix · 12-17-2005, 03:58 PM

select the text with the mouse, then press ctrl+shift+c
To paste use ctrl+shift+v

jollyjoice · 12-17-2005, 04:10 PM

or just use the middle button, much easier.

linmix · 12-17-2005, 04:23 PM

Middle button (wheel button) seems to copy and paste at the same time !?

jollyjoice · 12-17-2005, 04:57 PM

Yep. first press copies, then click where u want to paste then click the middle one again. Done.

I keep trying to do it when I have to use Windows at college, annoys me so much when it doesn't work!

linmix · 12-17-2005, 04:58 PM

nop, in my case it copies and immediately pastes bofor I can let go of the button.

jollyjoice · 12-17-2005, 05:10 PM

Hmm, can u paste that elsewhere after?

Wynd · 12-18-2005, 12:23 AM

Copy by selecting with the left button, then paste by clicking the middle button (wheel).

linmix · 12-18-2005, 03:15 AM

I figured out what went wrong: I'd copied the whole line instead of just the command. If I only select a number of characters instead of all the space on the line as well everything works fine.
Thanks for pointing that out! I'd read about it, but never thought of using it and it's a great help.

jollyjoice · 12-18-2005, 05:48 AM

Sorry, I expected that you'd guess to select with the left button! Oops!