I am pretty sure there is absolutely nothing wrong with me! But thanks for the explanations, which provided a working solution for me... Last but not least it inspired me to set a second desktop with FVWM to learn more about terminals...
rehcla 04.07.2018, 17:47, "Leonid Bobrov" <mazoc...@disroot.org>: > Don't know what's wrong with you, I copy-paste at xterm(1) frequently. > > There are three methods which work for me. > > Method 1: use your mouse to select text using left and right mouse > buttons, then press middle mouse button where you want to paste the > text (if you don't have middle mouse button, then X.org emulates its > click when you press left and right mouse buttons at the same time). > > Method 2: again use your mouse to select text, but this time we'll > place it in different copy buffer using Ctrl + Insert combination. Then > to paste the text you just have to press Shift + Insert combination. > This one is like Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V in Microsoft Windows. > > Method 3: learn general tmux(1) commands by reading its manual, you > need to enter copy mode: Ctrl + B [ > By default it uses Emacs-like key bindings, so mark the start of the > text you're interested in: Ctrl + Space > Then by using cursor commands select text and press Alt + W to copy it. > In the end in the same tmux session (at any pane and any windows) press > Ctrl + B ] to paste yanked text.
