From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 4 01:34:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C96BC16A421 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 01:34:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A86213C46E for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 01:34:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JLqDe-0005qj-Si for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:33:58 +0000 Received: from 89-178-223-218.broadband.corbina.ru ([89.178.223.218]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:33:58 +0000 Received: from swell.k by 89-178-223-218.broadband.corbina.ru with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:33:58 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: swell.k@gmail.com Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:33:49 +0300 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <86ejbtqzcy.fsf@gmail.com> References: <47A65F29.6050103@onetel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 89-178-223-218.broadband.corbina.ru User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ApFpx1naVfLa7xxEILr+b/bobpU= Sender: news Subject: Re: xterm question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:34:05 -0000 Chris Whitehouse writes: > it's a stupid little question really but I have an xterm filled with a > log file (telnetted into another machine) which is scrolled off the > screen. How do I select all the text in one go? I only seem to be able > to select the visible screenful, copy, paste into text file, scroll > up, select the next screenful etc. I want the screen to scroll when > the mouse pointer hits the top or bottom of the window. > > The best I've done so far is script - it works but it's messy. 1 start selection by left mouse button 2 scroll to the end of desired text 3 extend selection by right mouse button ?