On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 07:02:58PM +0000, 'Jackie' via qubes-users wrote: > Ulrich Windl: > > Hi! > > > > I'm very much confused with the Qubes OS clipboard: > > When trying to copy some text from a Temrinal, I mark the text with the > > mouse then press "Ctrl+Shift+C", and I get a confirmation that the text is > > copied. > > However when I try to paste the clipboard in another machine, the contents > > is not what I had marked. > > When I use the "Edit->Copy" menu in the Terminal after having marked the > > text, and then press "Ctrl+Shift+C" again, the correct text is put in the > > Qubes OS clipboard. > > Confusingly the Terminal displays the shortcut "Ctrl+Shift+C" for > > "Edit->Copy". > > > > Isn't that a highly confusing feature (slowing down productive work a lot > > IMHO)? > > > > Regards, > > Ulrich > > Hi, > > In general, copying text from one VM to another is a four step process. > Highlight text in VM1 document and ctrl+C to copy to VM1 clipboard. Then > ctrl+shift+C to copy to dom0 clipboard. Then in VM2 window ctrl+shift+V to > copy to VM2 clipboard, then ctrl+V to paste into document. > > It's pretty fast once you get used to it, just highlight, ctrl+C, > ctrl+shift+C, alt+tab, ctrl+shift+V, ctrl+V. > > Terminal is a special case because ctrl+C, ctrl+V doesn't work to > copy/paste, and default terminal shortcuts are the same as qubes inter-vm > copy/paste shortcuts that take precedence. To paste text into terminal i > ctrl+shift+V like normal to copy into VM clipboard, then edit->paste to > paste into terminal. Or to copy from terminal, highlight, edit->copy, then > ctrl+shift+C to copy to dom0 clipboard. > > Actually i think it's possible to change the dom0 shortcut so they no longer > conflict, but the occasional edit->copy or edit->paste in terminal isn't too > inconvenient for me. >
Also, it depends (naturally) on *which* terminal you use. I have little experience with gnome-terminal, which is, I think, what op is using. Using xterm or uxterm, mouse selection *does* work to copy, and Ctrl+Shift+C copies that text to clipboard for transmission to another qube. Does gnome-terminal need some extra configuration to enable "selection by mouse"? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20200301003728.GA17379%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
