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

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Tom Baker <tba...@tbaker.de>

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