Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 03:35:45 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm question Message-ID: <20080204103545.GD28839@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <47A65F29.6050103@onetel.com> References: <47A65F29.6050103@onetel.com>
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On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 12:41:13AM +0000, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > 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. Try the x11/xclip port. I use it quite a bit -- works beautifully. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Isaac Asimov: "Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is completely programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest."help
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