Combining the two tips is a *very* useful thing I find.
For instance, I may want to copy the URL and the title of a web page
into an email. Using the "traditional" copy/paste method, I would have
to go to the browser twice - once to get the url, and once for the
title. But, if I highlight the URL, then hit CTRL-C (copy), then
highlight the title, I'm done in the browser. Now in the email, I use
the middle mouse button on the subject line to put the title there, then
put my cursor in the body and do CTRL-V (paste) to place the URL.
It's a small improvement, but I find it is very helpful in my cases.
The applies regardless what I'm copying, or where I'm copying it too. I
might grab a directory path from my file browser and a command line from
a web page, then put both into a terminal window to create a command
line statement.
I'm sure most people know this trick, but if you didn't, perhaps you'll
find it useful. BTW, I've yet to see a Linux system this doesn't work
on (as long as it is running X and a graphical desktop). I really miss
it when I have to use a Windows system.
Shawn
Kyle Newton wrote:
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Mark Carlson <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello everyone,
Last night I forgot to mention how to copy and paste into an xterm (or
pretty much any terminal or other program, as long as the mouse is
enabled.)
To copy text, select it with your left mouse button.
To paste the text, middle click with your mouse.
When pasting on the command line, it will paste wherever your cursor
is. When pasting to an X11 application (e.g. firefox, kate,
thunderbird) it will normally paste wherever you middle-click.
Likewise, the default keyboard shortcut to copying (if simply
highlighting is not doing the trick) is "Shift-Ctrl-C".
The keyboard shortcut for pasting into an x-term is Shift-Insert
-Kyle
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