Op 19-11-12 11:26, JtWdyP schreef:
It would appear that on Nov 19, Oddball did say:
copy text and paste no way to get it to a terminal or textfile in init5. Not directly perhaps...
I have used a simple kludge for that... When I have something on a tty {lets say tty1} that I want to copy, I use the alt+Fkey shortcut to switch to another tty {lets say tty2} and login again. then {on tty2} I'd use vim {or whatever console editor you like} to edit a file {lets say $HOME/ttySnipage.txt}
Then using alt+F1, I'd switch back to the tty with the interesting output, mark the interesting text with gpm. {which automatically puts the marked text in gpm's buffer} Then using alt+F2, I'd switch back to the file editing session and paste the "interesting text" into the edited file.
Save the file.
Then when you get to "init5" open a Konsole or other terminal of your choice, and using an editor (This time you can use a gui editor.) Open the file. Perhaps with:
kwrite $HOME/ttySnipage.txt
Now you can use the mouse in X to copy and paste the content elsewhere. Or, if your using a gui editor like kwrite, you can most likely mark the text with shifted cursor keys and use ctrl+C & ctrl+V to copy and paste the content to another gui window...
What a delightful, simple trick...! As if i had come up with it myself.. :-D Perfectly useful for me..! (i know i have to 'trim' the quotes, as Carlos, and maybe others do not want to read things twice, or are in a terrible hurry... but, sometimes it is more work to trim the quotes, than just scroll down, so for this time i am not going to mutilate this text...)
So, i will take a closer look at your 'manual'... ;-) (thanks for your input..) I note that some of the other posters seem to think you are not actually reading the {expletive deleted} manuals. But what I think I'm seeing is somebody having a hard time understanding the {many expletives deleted} manuals.
I know that I almost always have a hard time understanding what they mean myself. I mean I can usually use them to remind me of something I used to know. But if they wanted me to actually learn something new from them, they would do better to include many more actual usage examples, instead of just describing the usage in such highly technical terms that it often merely confuse me.
If I'm right all I can say is keep plugging, eventually you'll at least learn some of it. But they are right too. The "man pages" and "info documents" are usually your best source of information on a command. Unfortunately they seem to be written like college text books, with the expectation that the student will be guided by some professor or some such thing.
good luck.
Thanks.. I totally agree that other posters are right too. And i have had, often and much, very good help here, no doubt about that. It is just that sometimes the trend is: We have to help, but we don't like to, so we put the 'asker of questions' down, and make him read, tons and tons of literature, because he will have nothing else to do, than come, and ask questions on this list... But: This is not for all of them. Sometimes they get carried away, but some, really try to understand what you try to establish, and give plain and simple, true answers. I am not going to name anyone. And again: I really appreciate that. For me, i am sometimes in a hurry too. I want something, but that doesn't work the way i want, and i read and search, and before i know it the day is gone... I used to repair cars when i was young. I was very good at it. I'd like to repair old English sports-cars. From that time, i remember that there was absolutely no use in reading the workshop engine repair-manual, unless for the job you actually were performing at that time, that specific section. Measurements, torques, order to take apart, or put together, that kind of stuff... You have to have the manuals handy at all times, that is true. But read them like that, is like reading a phone-book. -- Have a nice day, Oddball. OS: Linux 3.7.0-rc5-2-desktop i686 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@EeePc-Rob-SFN9 Systeem: openSUSE 12.2 (i586) KDE: 4.9.3 "release 520" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org