Re: [orca-list] how to select text when in gnome-terminal

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>]

Hey Steve, all.

This all reminds me of an "oldie but goodie" RFE: Bug 513764 - Implement
a means to copy and paste from flat review.

Unlike other tasks which are naturally keyboard-navigable and/or
keyboard-accomplishable, selecting and copying text from within a
terminal window is not one of them. And, let's face it, it likely never
will be.

Therefore, I wonder if it's time to revisit the aforementioned RFE and
decide once and for all if we want to move forward or nix it. If we want
to nix it, I'll close it. If we want to move forward on it we should:

1. Decide what the exact functionality should be. Discussing that here
on the list might make the most sense.

2. Assign it a priority and, based on that, a target for implementation.

3. Figure out who is going to implement it. Maybe it'll be me; then
again, maybe one or more of you want to take it on.

Take care.
--joanie

On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 21:14 -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> I brought this up to the list a couple times in the past and I think
> something is broken now because the methods won't work anymore.  Let
> me describe as follows:
>
> While in gnome-terminal, use the flat review keys to find the
> beginning of the string you want to select and click with the kp_slash
> key; then move over to the end of the string you want and then press
> Ctrl+kp_slash. (that might be shift - I don't remember for sure).
> Then you should be able to do an Edit/Copy or press Shift+Shift+C to
> copy the selection.  My problem lately is the selection isn't getting
> built.  It always remains whatever was previously in the selection
> from some earlier operation.  I remember quite some time ago when this
> worked great but alas, no more and hasn't worked for me for quite a
> while now.
>
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 08:27:50PM -0300, jose vilmar estacio de souza wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I found the following in gnome-terminal.
> >
> > To select and copy text:
> >
> > You can select text in any of the following ways:
> >
> > * To select a character at a time, click on the first character that
> > you want to select and drag the mouse to the last character that you
> > want to select.
> > * To select a word at a time, double-click on the first word that
> > you want to select and drag the mouse to the last word that you want
> > to select. Symbols are selected individually.
> > * To select a line at a time, triple-click on the first line that
> > you want to select and drag the mouse to the last line that you want
> > to select.
> >
> > These actions select all text between the first and last items. For
> > all text selections, GNOME Terminal copies the selected text into
> > the clipboard when you release the mouse button. To explicitly copy
> > the selected text, choose Edit â Copy.
> >
> > How can I do using orca?
> > Thanks.
> >
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