* Michael Jennings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wednesday, 18 August 2004, at 10:56:46 (+0200), > Alan Schmitt wrote: > > > Please flame me if this already exists, or if this is completely crazy. > > No, neither. > > > I'm doing quite a bit of text selection, from Eterms running mutt, > > or plain command line output, and I dislike having to use the mouse > > for this. I would really like to have a way to select some text > > using only the keyboard. > > > > I see this as a mode change: hit some key combination to enter > > "select" mode, move around using the arrow keys (or better the hkjl > > keys), start a selection using some key, move around, and stop > > selecting (and get out of select mode at the same time) using > > another key. > > > > A nice thing would be to have line or block selections (as in "v", > > "shift-v", and "ctrl-v" in vim). > > I'm hesitant to add general-use keyboard features. It's important to > not obstruct terminal applications' use of key sequences.
OK, I understand. Thanks for your answer. Alan Schmitt -- The hacker: someone who figured things out and made something cool happen. .O. ..O OOO
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