On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:21:36 -0700 Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/12/2012 07:30 AM, stan wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:52:16 +0200 > > Joachim Backes<joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> a little question: I copy some text on a tty console by gpm, and I > >> want to paste this text into some gnome/kde session. How to do this > >> without using some file? > > > > If I understand your question, I've never been able to get this to > > work. I think the context for gpm is erased or reset when switching > > from consoles to X and vice versa. I haven't actually researched > > what actually happens, so there could be an answer to your > > question, and I look forward to hearing it if there is. > > The cut/paste buffer for gpm is maintained by gpm and is a separate > space from the cut/paste buffer provided by your desktop manager. They > aren't designed to share data. I suppose they could by using some > shared memory segment with a well-known handle or something, but > currently they're entirely separate. But that would imply that it should work, because gpm works just fine in X. I can select text by double clicking with the mouse, and paste it with the middle button, just like in a console. It even shares across workspaces, just like it shares across consoles, and within screen instances in the console. From the behavior, it seem that gpm has a separate buffer for the consoles and X. Or X is just emulating gpm behavior. I haven't tried the screen idea suggested by the other poster yet. That is a little more work than just clicking and pasting, but for occasional use would be fine. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
