On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 16:01 +0100, vincent.tournebise@free.fr wrote: > Hello all, > I'd like to know the tricks available in the unix console - I mean raw console, > no Xterm or whataver X console. One exemple: a lot of you do some screen output > copy in their messages. Copy & paste, sort of... How do you do that ? > > Thanks to the General Purpose Mouse daemon I have a funny square hanging around > the screen which seems to respond my mouse's moves. But what can I do with it ? > I've tried it in some n-curses based "text-mode-graphical" apps, and clicking on > the buttons doesn't seem to do anything. I see I can select characters on the > screen, but what can I perform with this ? > > Any chance to use the mouse in Links, or Aptitude ? or... maybe in Emacs ?? The left mouse button selects text, and you paste with the middle button. Just like in X apps. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is." Geoffrey Cottrell
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