Unix copy method not working for gnome terminal !CORRECTION!

[Doug]

On 10/24/2012 08:06 AM, oxy wrote:
> problem explanation:  (CORRECTED!)
>
> open a gnome terminal, do `cat filename.txt`, highlight-copy
> the contetnt with pressing the link mouse button, open a 2nd terminal,
> middle-click on it to paste the content. It works!!!
>
> Go back to the first terminal, `vi filename.txt`, highlight-copy
> the contetnt, go to the 2nd terminal, middle-click on it to paste
> the content. It DOES NOT work!!!
>
> Can anybody reproduce that?
>
> thx ...
>
> vim 7.3.429 in a GNOME Terminal 3.4.1.1 on ubu 12.04.
>
I think you have to hold Shift+Ctrl+c to copy the text in a terminal.
Then you may need to hold shift+ctrl+v to paste.  (I don't have a
middle mouse button.)

--doug

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