GUI terminal emu with a single step copy & paste feature - Was: non-snap version of FF under Ubuntu 22.04?

[Bret Busby]

On 21/4/23 17:51, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 16:50 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 21/4/23 10:23, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> 2. I even need to install a PPA to get ROXTerm. I'm not aware of a
>>>     terminal from the repos, that at least provides a "Copy & Paste"
>>>     option. Note! A "Copy & Paste" option not just a "Copy" option
>>>     and a "Paste" option. Apart from this ROXTerm has other
>>>     advantages, but "Copy & Paste" is a minimal requirement for my
>>>     workflow.
>>
>> Doesn't <CTRL><C> and <CTRL><V> work for you, with copy and paste?
> 
> Hi Bret,
> 
> in ROXTerm
> 
> Shift+Ctrl+C does copy
> Shift+Ctrl+V does paste
> Shift+Ctrl+Y does copy & paste
> 
> but usually I'm using the right click menu after selecting the text I
> want to copy & paste.
> 
> This is a useful feature, if you want to copy text within the same
> terminal tab, not to share between different tabs or other apps.
> 
> Take a look at the attached screenshot.
> 
> I typed
> 
> echo "bar"
> 
> pushed enter and then I noticed that I have forgotten to type
> 
> foo
> 
> in the example I already have
> 
> echo "foo
> 
> then I mark
> 
> bar"
> 
> and use the copy & paste feature to copy and paste it by one step. I
> don't use two steps, 1. copy and 2. paste to get
> 
> echo "foo bar"
> 
> I don't know how to use command line that easy with readline, at least
> 
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ echo "bar"
> bar
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ !!:s^bar^foo bar
> echo "foo bar"
> foo bar
> 
> IMO isn't that straight forward. Let alone that I didn't remember
> !!:s^string^string, I needed to google for it.
> 
> My example is stupid, but I think you get the point.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
> 
> 

I use <CTRL><C> and <CTRL><V> also outside of terminals; when using 
Thunderbird to compose and send email, and, when using online forms for 
sending text, and, also, in (whatever is the correct name for it) the 
URL box in web browsers, such as Firefox (no snapdragons involved in my 
installed Firefoxes :) ).

I often use <CTRL><C> to copy URL's from the URL box in Firefox, then, 
<CTRL<V> to paste them into email messages that I am composing in 
Thunderbird, and, also, into terminals, when I am using youtube-dl .

The <CTRL><C> and <CTRL><V> combination is not limited to use in a 
text-based interface, such as a terminal emulator.

I can also use the mouse to mark a block of text, then use <CTRL><C> to 
copy the block of text, then, <CTRL><V> to paste the text, which is 
useful for embodying blocks of text into online comment forms, for 
citing quotes from articles to which I am responding, in their online 
Comment forms.

(unfortunately, as I keep forgetting, <CTRL><X>, that works in 
pine/alpine, to send messages, does not work in Thunderbird :) )

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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