F1 in the terminal will bring up the terminal help page, there is a keyboard shortcuts link that lists them.
On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:37 PM, Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > You can cut/paste with ctrl-shift-c/ctrl-shift-v in gnome terminal, > afaik. What don't you like about up-arrow? That you have to backspace > over things? There's probably a delete-word binding, Ctrl-W. So, maybe > Ctrl-P Ctrl-W? > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 PM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> > wrote: > >> I prefer Gnome terminal because it is more visually configurable than >> others that I have tried. >> >> Often I need to repeat a command with a different object, so the up >> arrow doesn't save typing. For example: >> >> mkvmerge -i <moviename> (and repeat with a different movie) >> >> It annoys me that I keep having to re-type 'mkvmerge -i' over and over >> again. I could copy it to the clipboard and paste it in, except that I >> use the clipboard to get <moviename>, which overwrites the clipboard. >> And besides, 'mkvmerge -i' is only one of several such commands that I >> have to keep re-typing. >> >> What would be really cool would be an 'auto-text' feature as in a word >> processor, where you can create a series of letters (any length) and >> assign it a short sequence of letters that you can type to invoke the >> entire series of letters. >> >> Web searching found me Ctrl-r, but if I type mkv- it pops up the entire >> preceding command, including <moviename>. >> >> OK, this is Linux, where someone a long time ago decided to name a root >> folder /usr to save typing just one tiny letter. I mean, seriously. >> There has to be a way to save constantly re-typing at the command line. >> Any suggestions? >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
