On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 00:35:44 +0000
"'Jackie' via qubes-users" <qubes-users@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>unman:
>> 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"?
>
>Gnome-terminal is what i use too. Actually i'm able to *select* text
>with the mouse, the problem is copying it to VM clipboard. The shortcut
>for copy in gnome-terminal is ctrl+shift+C, which qubes intercepts.
>
>But actually now that i look gnome-terminal allows you to change the
>shortcut in preferences, so you can change it to whatever you want then
>use keyboard shortcuts like normal.
>
>Right click->copy and right click->paste also work.
>
Was on a phone, and didn't read the thread through. On my old Qubes install, I
changed the Qubes copy/paste to use the "windows" key...made it easier.
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