Unix copy method not working for gnome terminal

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Tue Oct 23 22:23:13 UTC 2012


On 23 October 2012 15:19, oxy <oxyopes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> old copy method for unix terminals is not working for my
> GNOME Terminal 3.4.1.1 on ubu 12.04.
>
> I select the text with the mouse but its not copied (no Ctrl-C pressed).
> If I select the text and try to copy thru the menus Edit>copy, this
> option isnt available.
>
> If I select the text from another application it works.
> Paste works, thus i can select from firefox and paste
> (middle-click) on terminal.
>
> What happened?

To copy/cut/paste in a terminal, hold down shift as well as the usual keys.

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