Unix copy method not working for gnome terminal

[J]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:37 AM, oxy <oxyopes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> wait, its not really true. It seems that copying
> by selecting does only not work from inside a vi window.
> From normal shell window it does work...

I opened gnome terminal and fired up a vim session, typed the
following and copied hte entire screen, including the vim menu bar at
the bottom:

this is typed inside a vim session in gnome terminal
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And just in case, I did the same using standard vi, not vim:

this is typed inside standard good ol' vi, not vim, again inside a gnome
terminal window.
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Seems to work just fine...