I just removed some terminal info from the unofficial docs

[Hannie Dumoleyn]

Keyboard shortcuts for copy/paste do work. Use Ctrl+Shift+V to paste in 
the terminal. Copy from terminal = Ctrl+Shift+C. And yes, if you write a 
tip about copying/pasting commands this should be mentioned too.
Hannie

Op 30-04-13 18:09, Tom Davies schreef:
> Hi :)
> +1
> Also worth noting that you can often copy&paste from error-message 
> pop-ups although that's not really a Cli thing.  For pasting into Cli 
> i think it's worth mentioning that the keyboard short-cuts wont work 
> but that mouse paste is always good.  I always imagine the person at 
> the other end going "Ewwww" at that, if you say it right, and that 
> helps them remember it.  Humour being a good tool in the battle to 
> teach people.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>
>     *To:* ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 16:58
>     *Subject:* Re: I just removed some terminal info from the
>     unofficial docs
>
>     I agree with every one of you that the CLI is very important and I
>     personally I am not afraid it would be too difficult for beginners to
>     use commands in the terminal. Perhaps it would be a good idea to add
>     this tip: you can copy (from a web page) and paste the command in the
>     terminal. This is to avoid errors like "l" and "1", "O" and "0".
>     Hannie
>
>     Op 30-04-13 17:29, Jorge O. Castro schreef:
>     > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson
>     <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com <mailto:gunnarhj at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>     >> I for one agree on that. And the page mentioned by Phill:
>     >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal
>     >> seems to be a good start, at least, for the purpose.
>     > Yeah I think the information is important and excellent, we just
>     don't
>     > need an entire speech about the command line on the front page,
>     > perhaps a link to start off the troubleshooting section or
>     something.
>     >
>     >> My defensive reply to Jorge's message was merely aimed at
>     saying that
>     >> CLI is important in Ubuntu rather than suggesting that the
>     whole removed
>     >> section be reinserted.
>     > I agree it's important; the way the section reads is that if you're
>     > not learning the command line then you're doing it wrong whereas (if
>     > we're doing everything right) people can just go use their computers
>     > without having to care what uname -a is.
>     >
>     >
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>     > Jorge Castro
>     > Canonical Ltd.
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