Re: [OT] True console in X?
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 01:08:29AM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 08:32:37AM -0500, Lance Simmons wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to cut and paste between real consoles and an
> > x-window session? That would be cool.
>
> Having recently got round to using screen I know that cutting and
> pasting between a virtual console and X can be done with it. A console
> session can be detached (screen -rd) and imported to X. Then you can
> copy and cut from that session.
I just tried it, and it works as you describe. Extremely useful!
Thanks!
The original poster probably should consider abandoning his
quest to mimic a console with X and just use the regular virtual
terminals together with screen.
Lance Simmons
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