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Re: mastering the console & gpm mouse management



On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 04:01:58PM +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 ?


Hi Vincent,
I use 'script'. You type 'script' and then all your commands are put into
a file called 'typescript'. you exit the script program by typing
'exit'.

-Kev

> 
> 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 ??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Vince
> 
> 
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