Malte Skoruppa wrote:
Hi,

I just discovered this nice program and I really like the idea...

However, I have a major problem:
I cannot copy anything from within, or paste anything into, a running dvtm session. Usually, in a xterm (or any other terminal), I can copy text by just highlighting it using the mouse, and paste it using the middle mouse button, as per usual in Linux systems. But in dvtm this doesn't work. I cannot highlight (i.e. copy) anything, and middle clicks are ignored too.

Moreover, this does not happen exclusively in a dvtm session: for example, if I run dvtm within a 'screen' window, copy&paste doesn't work anymore even in the other screen windows, although they are not running a dvtm session! In other words, dvtm "corrupts" the whole terminal session, disabling copy&paste ability even in those screen windows where dvtm is not running. Note that this does not happen in terminal programs with inherent support for tabs like gnome-terminal (here only the tab running dvtm is corrupted), supposedly because all the tabs are completely different terminal sessions.

This is really annoying, as I copy & paste often in a terminal. I cannot efficiently use dvtm without this functionality.

Is this normal behavior, or could I have done something wrong? If it's not "normal", what could be the cause? If it is, will a copy&paste functionality be added somewhere in the future?

This is caused by the ncurses mouse handling code you have basically two options:

   a) press shift when you select or insert text

   b) disable mouse support in config.mk the mouse actions as configured
      in config.h will no longer work

Regards,
Marc

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