X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:21:11 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: mark/copy text to clipboard without a mouse in rxvt or mintty From: Kurt Harriger To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com When using the cmd window you can mark text using Alt-Space for menu, E for edit, Enter to begin mark, position cursor to start of selection, hold shift position cursor to end and press enter to copy to clipboard, and finally Alt-Space, E, P to paste.=A0 Although its an annoyingly long key sequence its pretty much automatic and I don't think about it much, but the block mode often requires multiple selections which is just awful even with a mouse. I ran across a blog comment somewhere suggesting using rxvt for easier copy/paste functionality.=A0 Although the mouse based copy/paste is certainly easier and fewer keystrokes required to paste text, I would much rather avoid the mouse as much as possible. However, I cannot seem to find find any way to mark text with keyboard in rxvt.=A0 I also found mintty has a lot of nice options, but still can't seem to find any way to copy text without a mouse. Am I missing something? Thanks -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple