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Date:      Mon, 21 Jan 2002 04:59:10 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Using mouse on syscon?
Message-ID:  <20020121025910.GA5719@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEBDCNAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <20020118212043.H647-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEBDCNAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>

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On 2002-01-19 09:26:35, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
> Is there some way to enable this copy & past mouse
> function so it works when I use telnet?

The copy/paste function of moused is a builtin feature of the FreeBSD
console.  You don't need to do anything special (apart from running
moused) to enable this on a FreeBSD console.

If you are sitting on a FreeBSD console, then copy/paste works,
regardless of where the output will eventually go.  I can copy from
one of my virtual consoles, and paste in another virtual console where
I have telnet'ed to a remote machine.  It just works.

If you mean that you are sitting on a machine X that runs an operating
system Y (where Y is *not* FreeBSD), and you want to use copy/paste
then you'd have to consult the documentation for the programs that you
run in Y.  An alternative could be to telnet or ssh to a FreeBSD
machine and run screen(1) in that telnet session.  Then you could use
screen's C-a [ and C-a ] keys to copy/paste text.

-- 
Giorgos Keramidas . . . . . . . . . keramida@{ceid.upatras.gr,freebsd.org}
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