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 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.
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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