Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:14:05 -0500 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Edwin Groothuis" <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: How do I cut and paste in console mode ? Message-ID: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMECCCJAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20020228105208.D8762@k7.mavetju.org>
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Please stop this stupid discussion now... This is not a stupid discussion for I am trying to find out if the cut function will work. I take offence to your post. Who do you think you are to decide for me what information I can ask for or how far I have to go to get a clear understanding of what the person is trying to say? If you can not be helpful in a nice tone then keep your comments to your self. Comments like this only go to show every one on this list what a fool you are. Now you show good grace and refrain from taking this further. You have already publicly embarrassed your self enough for this year. -----Original Message----- From: Edwin Groothuis [mailto:edwin@mavetju.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:52 PM To: Joe & Fhe Barbish Cc: FBSDQ Subject: Re: How do I cut and paste in console mode ? On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:32:12PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > Let me point out the difference between cut & copy. > When you cut a selected area and past it to a different area, > the selected area is REMOVED from the original area, > where a copy leaves behind the original selected area. > Are you really cutting out the original selected area or > just copying the original selected area? > > Are we playing with words here? Does copy & cut mean the same thing? You have to take in account that you're selecting in the output of programs and that you're not working in an editor. An editor allows you to make modifications in the text, the console doesn't. So yes, cut is wrong here and copy is right here. But then, in the past couple of years the stream of ignorant people who weren't able to select text in things other than editors have made the words 'cut & paste' standard for everything which can be selected, put into the clipboard and pasted into another application, with or without destroying the original content. Please stop this stupid discussion now... Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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