On 21/01/2021 07:34, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cygwin <cygwin-boun...@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Thomas Wolff >> Sent: 21 January 2021 02:08 >> >> Am 20.01.2021 um 21:31 schrieb Wojciech Puchar: >>> trying to mark text in cygwin windows by mouse doesn't work at all. >>> Windows 10. >>> >>> The same cygwin 64 installation on windows 7 works properly. >>> >>> It was installed to windows 10 host by simply copying whole c:\cygwin >>> directory. >>> >>> Everything works except cut&paste. >> What does `ls -l /dev/clipboard` say? >> Copying the filesystem rather than installing loses some special file >> properties, especially in the /dev folder. >> Not sure whether it's possible to fix that with `mknod`. > There might be other problems as well. Symlinks are also going to be > affected. We couldn't find a reliable solution back in Win7 to simply copy > Cygwin installation by preserving the symlinks in a zip archive. > > I would strongly advise to perform a normal installation and simply copy only > the contents of your Cygwin home directory (C:\Cygwin\home\<username>). It > will be quicker that trying to identify and fix all the possible issues. > > Panos
NB: I don't think I have this problem, but I do seem to have an unrelated problem where as soon as I select any text in mintty it immediately replaced my clipboard contents which that selection. This is very annoying, because when copying text to mintty I frequently click and drag a small amount of text by accident. Is this configurable somehow? Hamish
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