From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 31 19:02:11 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 429B2E611BB for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:02:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EEACAAB4 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:02:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33546235A for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:51:57 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XFhE5oq2j4Ol for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:51:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF91462100 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:51:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:51:56 -0400 Message-ID: <2049e2f5c441f0b1f9fd9034ad64acfb.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:51:56 -0400 Subject: Mate Terminal copy and paste From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-5.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:02:11 -0000 Given that I have two sessions opened using mate-terminal. When I copy text from one and attempt to paste that text into vi running in the other then the text block is truncated. For example: Copying this text block: ---> FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p9 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Apr 11 08:48:40 UTC 2017 !!Warning!! - Any deliberate attempt to access this resource without legitimate authorization is a criminal offence (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 - Section 342.1). FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p11 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Oct 24 18:49:24 UTC 2016 Welcome to FreeBSD! Release Notes, Errata: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/ Security Advisories: https://www.FreeBSD.org/security/ FreeBSD Handbook: https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/ FreeBSD FAQ: https://www.FreeBSD.org/faq/ Questions List: https://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions/ FreeBSD Forums: https://forums.FreeBSD.org/ Documents installed with the system are in the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd/ directory, or can be installed later with: pkg install en-freebsd-doc For other languages, replace "en" with a language code like de or fr. Show the version of FreeBSD installed: freebsd-version ; uname -a Please include that output and any error messages when posting questions. Introduction to manual pages: man man FreeBSD directory layout: man hier Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement. <--- and then pasting it into a new file opened with the vi editor in the other session yields this: ---> FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p9 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Apr 11 08:48:40 UTC 2017 !!Warning!! - Any deliberate attempt to access this resource without legitimate authorization is a criminal offence (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 - Section 342.1). FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p11 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Oct 24 18:49:24 UTC <--- Is there any way of dealing with this? If I paste the exact same block into Pluma then I get the entire thing. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3