On 1/29/20 11:11 AM, Alan Feuerbacher via blfs-support wrote:
I'm beginning to use KDE and its Konsole terminal emulator to build more
BLFS programs. With the terminal in Fedora and with xterm in the twm
environment, I've been using the vi editor to edit my build scripts.
Typically, I'll copy some text from the BLFS book into a vi session,
edit it, and then copy commands into another terminal window for execution.
This has worked fine for years, but I've not used KDE before. At least,
not in the LFS environment. So I don't quite know what to expect with
regard to behavior different from the desktop environments I'm used to.
Now I've discovered that KDE Konsole behaves unexpectedly when I
copy/paste into vi from a BLFS book webpage. If I copy "normal text"
into vi, it works as expected. However, when I copy highlighted "command
text" (like ./configure ... make) into vi, Konsole pops up a little
window titled "Filter -- Konsole" containing the message:
###########
The text you're trying to paste contains hidden unprintable characters,
do you want to filter them out?
Other unprintable character (\xd)
Remove unprintable :: Confirm paste :: Cancel paste
###########
I've never seen this message before, and I can find no useful
information with Google.
If I select "Remove unprintable", the text pastes into vi OK. If I
select "Confirm paste", extra junk appears.
If I then copy/paste commands into another Konsole window, with the
"Remove unprintable" selection the commands execute as expected ; I get
garbage with the "Confirm paste" selection.
It's easy enough to work around this, but it requires dealing with the
Konsole popup and so is a pain. Doing this hundreds of times is a REAL
pain.
If I open an xterm in a Konsole window ("xterm&"), and do copy/paste
from the BLFS book into a vi session, it acts as expected.
I'm guessing that Konsole, unlike xterm and the Fedora terminal, is not
automatically filtering out unprintable characters from the BLFS
webpage. I've looked all through the "Settings" menu in Konsole, with
nothing useful.
Any suggestions for changing Konsole's behavior?
I've used konsole for about 15 years and do not recall the behavior you
describe. What browser are you using? I suspect that the copy part is
causing the problem.
Also, you do not need to use Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V. Just drag the mouse over
the text you want to copy and then use the middle mouse button in vi to
paste. I'll also note that I use a mouse without a scroll wheel to
facilitate pasting. They are a little hard to find any more.
Another thing, you do not need to use kde/plasma to use konsole. You
can use it in any graphical environment. I use xfce.
-- Bruce
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