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[Nils Kassube]

On 19.07.24 Bas G. Roufs wrote:
> > Or as an alternative you could install the program gpm which provides
> > mouse support to the terminal.
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> I tried this yesterday.
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> I DID manage to install gpm.
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> Then you would run a command, mark the relevant output with the mouse,
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> I DO manage to do so.... I do manage to mark the output I want to share...
>
> However. ...
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> open a logfile with a text editor like nano and then paste the marked text
> > by pressing the middle mouse button (wheel).
> >
>
> When trying to copy-paste, the selected terminal text gets unselected again
> when touching WHATEVER part of the mouse.
> How EXACTLY can I copy the text after selecting it?
>
> When launching eg. Nano, how EXACTLY can I paste it?

When you select a text it is automatically copied into a selection buffer and it stays there even if you do things which hide the selection, like starting a program like nano. If you now click on the middle mouse button (wheel) you would paste the text from the selection buffer even though the text is no longer visually marked. You can also have a look at the gpm man page [1] in the section "OPERATION".


Nils

[1] https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man8/gpm.8.html