On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 20:16, stan <gr...@q.com> wrote: > But that would imply that it should work, because gpm works just fine > in X. I can select text by double clicking with the mouse, and paste > it with the middle button, just like in a console. It even shares > across workspaces, just like it shares across consoles, and within > screen instances in the console. From the behavior, it seem that gpm > has a separate buffer for the consoles and X. Or X is just emulating > gpm behavior. >
The behaviour you describe is standard X selection behaviour. It is there irrespective of whether you use gpm. From the package description, I see that gpm is meant for text consoles (as in ttys). Name : gpm Arch : x86_64 Version : 1.20.6 Release : 21.fc16 Size : 402 k Repo : installed From repo : updates Summary : A mouse server for the Linux console URL : http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/ License : GPLv2+ Description : Gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications like the : Emacs editor and the Midnight Commander file management system. Gpm : also provides console cut-and-paste operations using the mouse and : includes a program to allow pop-up menus to appear at the click of a : mouse button. > I haven't tried the screen idea suggested by the other poster yet. > That is a little more work than just clicking and pasting, but for > occasional use would be fine. I don't see what work is involved with screen. Just start your session on any terminal like this: $ screen -S <somename> # this is not necessary, but nice if you do Then later on any terminal, either within a terminal emulator in X or in a proper tty, you can do $ screen -ls to list your screen sessions and $ screen -r <session_name> to reattach to an existing session. Hope this helps. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
