Re: copy/past between files in MC

[Nehal <nehal canada com>]

Haines Brown wrote:

> > you could use shift-click to select a buffer, then go into another
> > terminal and shift-middleclick to paste into that editor, this uses
> > X11's clipboard instead of midnight commanders...
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> > Haines Brown wrote:
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> > > I'm looking at MC as a file manager, and one of the first questions
> > > that comes up is how I can display two files and copy/paste text
> > > between them.
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> Thanks, this works, but I'm sorry I was not more explicit in my
> question. The point of using MC, I assumed, was to avoid having to use
> the mouse. How do I select text and put it into the system clipboard
> with the keyboard?
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> Haines Brown
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i believe it is not possible, although it may be a nice feature to
have 'ctrl-c' and 'ctrl-v' do copying and pasting.

Nehal