From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 4 10:35:47 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 0FEC416A417 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:35:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-29.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-29.bluehost.com [69.89.17.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3F9513C447 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:35:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 13850 invoked by uid 0); 4 Feb 2008 10:35:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 4 Feb 2008 10:35:46 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JLyfy-0004Kc-7x for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:35:46 -0700 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 03:35:45 -0700 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 03:35:45 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080204103545.GD28839@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <47A65F29.6050103@onetel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47A65F29.6050103@onetel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.9.123.251 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} 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 10:35:47 -0000 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."