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Highlight Select Text in Linux Terminal Window

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cesfe

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Aug 13, 2003
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It used to be possible to cursor highlight and select text in IBM/AIX Xterm windows, but the same procedure does not seem to work in Linux as I have setup. Is it a configuration problem or Linux limitation? Will appreciate any advice. Thanks.
 
well in mandrake 9.1, in kde I entered

xterm -fn 10x20

then filled the terminal with

ls -latr

cursor select works. meaning i get a reverse background on whatever my left-click-cursor-swipe moves over. the selected part
goes into the buffer / clipboard immediately and can be pasted somewhere else with the middle mouse button.

HTH
 
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