Re: [newbie] Copying/Pasting in Konsole
Tim wrote: I have Klipper active, and a Ctrl-C on highlighted text in Konsole places the text on the Klipper clipboard; but Ctrl-V doesn't paste it in another application (i.e. KMail or Netscape Messenger), and I can't find anything in the Klipper help files to suggest that I'm an idiot... In addition to what others have suggested, make sure that the checkmark in Klipper is by the snippet you want to paste. I've found that what I copied to the clipboard is sometimes displaced by something else before I paste it, so if nothing happens when you click the middle mouse button, see where the checkmark is in Klipper and put it by what you want to paste. Then try the middle mouse button again. Usually works for me! --Judy Miner
Re: [newbie] Copying/Pasting in Konsole
civileme wrote: And your suggestion has been pasted somewhere appropriate... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course there may be a libely discussion on how user-friendly such an extension would be, with its attendant complications. Civileme, Thanks! I'll have to go there and listen for the lively discussion ;-) Randy Kramer
[newbie] Copying/Pasting in Konsole
Hey Guys and Gals - Mandrake 7.2 I'm a tad embarrassed asking this question, as it seems like it would be obvious enough. Regardless, I can't seem to find a way to copy and paste information from the prompt in Konsole to another application. I notice that many of you do just that when citing file permissions and things from terminal, but how? I have Klipper active, and a Ctrl-C on highlighted text in Konsole places the text on the Klipper clipboard; but Ctrl-V doesn't paste it in another application (i.e. KMail or Netscape Messenger), and I can't find anything in the Klipper help files to suggest that I'm an idiot... Suggestions would be great. Thanks, Tim Glinatsis -- Timothy W. Glinatsis Unemployed Graduate Student Massachusetts Institute of Technology AIM: oAREDOo ICQ: 7854561
Re: [newbie] Copying/Pasting in Konsole
Timothy W.Glinatsis wrote: I'm a tad embarrassed asking this question, as it seems like it would be obvious enough. Regardless, I can't seem to find a way to copy and paste information from the prompt in Konsole to another application. I notice that many of you do just that when citing file permissions and things from terminal, but how? Don't be embarrassed -- I'm tempted to write a rant about cut and paste in Linux, but I'll refrain. AFAICT, there are at least a few (two at least) different systems of cut and paste in Linux, and although they can both be functional in your system at the same time, they aren't interchangeable. For example, you can't paste something into console that is in the klipper buffer using ctrl v. At a console prompt, you can swipe your mouse across a control line, and it will be copied. Now you can go to another application (I just tried this in nedit to make sure), position your mouse cursor where you want to insert the text, and then click the middle button of your mouse. (If you don't have a middle button, you may have set an option during installation something like 3rd button emulation. If you did, pressing the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously will have the same effect as pressing the middle button.) The positioning of your mouse cursor seems to be critical during the paste operation -- in nedit I positioned my mouse cursor (the slanted arrow) over the insertion point (the I-beam) before pressing the left and right buttons. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer PS: For anybody listening, I like the concept of Klipper (keeping the last x selections), but would like to control when a new clip is saved. I put something on Klipper with the intention of pasting it in several locations, then do other cutting in the course of getting ready for the paste, and next thing I know, the selection I wanted has been scrolled out of the buffer.
