Hi all I'm setting up an old laptop. It doesn't really have the umph to handle KDE or Gnome, and because it's a laptop I don't really want a mouse based environment anyway. So, I installed Ion3, which I've used before and very nice it is too, but the only thing I can't get to work with it is some sort of clipboard for cutting and pasting between applications. Anyone have any ideas on how to cut and paste between two terminal sessions? Ion3 does run an X-server, so it should have all the facilities of X, which *should* include a clipboard, but I can't get it to work. On a semi-related note, is it possible to have a clipboard without X? For instance, between two virtual terminals on boot-up (Alt-F1, Alt-F2 for instance)? TIA. jalal
On Thursday 21 July 2005 3:30 pm, jalal wrote:
Hi all
I'm setting up an old laptop. It doesn't really have the umph to handle KDE or Gnome, and because it's a laptop I don't really want a mouse based environment anyway.
So, I installed Ion3, which I've used before and very nice it is too, but the only thing I can't get to work with it is some sort of clipboard for cutting and pasting between applications. Anyone have any ideas on how to cut and paste between two terminal sessions? Ion3 does run an X-server, so it should have all the facilities of X, which *should* include a clipboard, but I can't get it to work.
On a semi-related note, is it possible to have a clipboard without X? For instance, between two virtual terminals on boot-up (Alt-F1, Alt-F2 for instance)? gpm is a package to allow you to use the mouse in console applications. It does support cut and paste operations.
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On 7/21/05, jalal <the.jalal@gmail.com> wrote:
On a semi-related note, is it possible to have a clipboard without X? For instance, between two virtual terminals on boot-up (Alt-F1, Alt-F2 for instance)?
TIA. jalal
You can use screen to open the sessions. screen has copy/paste. -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)
On 7/21/05, Sunny <sloncho@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/21/05, jalal <the.jalal@gmail.com> wrote:
On a semi-related note, is it possible to have a clipboard without X? For instance, between two virtual terminals on boot-up (Alt-F1, Alt-F2 for instance)?
TIA. jalal
You can use screen to open the sessions. screen has copy/paste.
That's true, and I could run screen on top of Ion3. Little bit clunky, but it would work. I could also run Emacs as a 'desktop'... :-) thanx jalal
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