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Re:Entering text in the terminal is complicated by FooBarWidget on Monday July 08, 2024 @04:55PM (#40909587)
I've always configured my terminal to copy on select. I never press ctrl-c. I mean, why would I want to select text if not to copy it?
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Re:Entering text in the terminal is complicated by agapon on Monday July 08, 2024 @05:02PM (#40909660)
E.g., to press Ctrl-(Shift)-V and replace the selection with something you copied (to the buffer / clipboard) earlier?
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Re:Entering text in the terminal is complicated by kragen on Monday July 08, 2024 @07:53PM (#40911057)
that doesn't work in terminal emulators because the terminal emulator doesn't know how to delete the selected text in whatever program drew it there (which may no longer even exist)
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