[gentoo-user] Copy/Paste Functionality in Konsole

[Sascha Hlusiak]

I really like the copy/paste functionality you find in the Linux console
and in PuTTY where you just highlight the text you want to copy and when
you release the mouse button, it is copied. Then, you can just right click
to paste it into the input line.
How would I engineer such functionality in Konsole?

The same way? Just mark some text somewhere and paste it with the middle
mousebutton.

- Sascha

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

I really like the copy/paste functionality you find in the Linux console
and in PuTTY where you just highlight the text you want to copy and when
you release the mouse button, it is copied. Then, you can just right
click to paste it into the input line.
How would I engineer such functionality in Konsole?

Have you tried it yet? It works here w/o any special settings.

IIRC, there might be a global KDE setting that affects the selection (and
clipboard) behavior, but I set up KDE so long ago that I don't remember
it.

/me reads message again.

Oh, you want right-click to paste the selection? Hrm, try using
middle-click and you'll get what you want albeit on another button.

[Neil Bothwick]

I really like the copy/paste functionality you find in the Linux
console and in PuTTY where you just highlight the text you want to copy
and when you release the mouse button, it is copied. Then, you can
just right click to paste it into the input line.
How would I engineer such functionality in Konsole?

The same but you use the middle button to paste. This is standard X
behaviour and not limited to Konsole or even KDE.

[Alan McKinnon]

I have just recently switched over to KDE and started using Konsole,
and I was wondering something.
I really like the copy/paste functionality you find in the Linux
console and in PuTTY where you just highlight the text you want to
copy and when you release the mouse button, it is copied. Then, you
can just right click to paste it into the input line.
How would I engineer such functionality in Konsole?

It's not the right click that does that, it's the middle click. This is
a standard X feature that has been around for ages.

If you copied something into the "other clipboard" you can paste it into
console with "right click -> paste" or just shift-insert

alan
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[Philip Webb]

Post by Alan McKinnon

I like the copy/paste functionality where you just highlight the text
and when you release the mouse button, it is copied.
Then, you can just right click to paste it into the input line.

It's not the right click that does that, it's the middle click.
This is a standard X feature that has been around for ages.
If you copied something into the "other clipboard" you can paste it into
console with "right click -> paste" or just shift-insert

The last sentence is a different matter. I just tested both commands
& they copy the whole content of Klipper into the Konsole,
which is not usually likely to be useful (smile).
Dan should have a look at Klipper too & see how it works.

[mark]

I have just recently switched over to KDE and started using Konsole, and I was
wondering something.
I really like the copy/paste functionality you find in the Linux console and
in PuTTY where you just highlight the text you want to copy and when you
release the mouse button, it is copied. Then, you can just right click to
paste it into the input line.
How would I engineer such functionality in Konsole?
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http://www.danthehat.net/
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You can do it with middle mouse buton.