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Date:      Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:03:57 +0530
From:      wahjava.ml@gmail.com (Ashish Shukla =?utf-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3IA==?= =?utf-8?B?4KS24KWB4KSV4KWN4KSy?=)
To:        swell.k@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xterm question
Message-ID:  <87ve55gopm.fsf@chateau.d.lf>
In-Reply-To: <86ejbtqzcy.fsf@gmail.com> (swell k.'s message of "Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:33:49 %2B0300")
References:  <47A65F29.6050103@onetel.com> <86ejbtqzcy.fsf@gmail.com>

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>>>>> swell k writes:
    swell> Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> 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 ab=
le
    >> 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.
    >>=20
    >> The best I've done so far is script - it works but it's messy.

    swell> 1 start selection by left mouse button
    swell> 2 scroll to the end of desired text
    swell> 3 extend selection by right mouse button

    swell> ?

Thanks for the solution. It works for me :)

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