On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 03:10:17PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > Note in particular that ctrl-x/c/v are primarily Windows keyboard > shortcuts, which a handful of platform-independent GUI programs have > copied. You should generally not expect they will work in a Unix > environment, though they sometimes do (e.g. Firefox, etc.). In > terminal-oriented programs like Mutt, ctrl-c normally will cause the > foreground process (the currently running program) to terminate. > > As for pasting, if you are using xterm, or some other xterm-like > program, you can generally paste something which is already in your > clipboard by pressing shift-insert.
I run mutt on Cygwin in a Windows console window and can paste between console windows as follows: [Mark with mouse] -> Alt-Shift -> [E]dit -> Mar[K] change windows Alt-Shift -> [E]dit -> [P]aste Tom -- Tom Baker <tba...@tbaker.de>