Re: [orca-list] How to copy pieces of text from a gnome-terminal window

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

xclip is one of them but not the only one.  Has anyone researched
clipboard applications and found which are most compatible with orca?


On Wed, 8 Sep 2021, Christophe Delaunay wrote:

> Hi Jude,
>
>
> Many thanks for this really fast response.
>
>
> Please, what do you mean with "clipboard application"? Have you got examples
> of such apps in mind please so that I could grab for them on Google or
> elsewhere?
>
>
> In other situations, when I need the input associated with the output it
> produces, I also use the "script" app (cf. man script).
>
>
> However, there are still some situations when I cannot determine which exact
> part of text I need before the command output is complete.
>
>
> Many thanks. have a nice day. Chris D
>
>
> On 09/08/2021 at 15:58, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > yes, you use a clipboard application and run it inside the terminal to
> > save your text to the clipboard then copy it elsewhere.
> > You can if you know in advance you'll be wanting to save part of a
> > document run the command to bring it up on screen and add to the end of
> > that command | tee savefile.txt where savefile.txt saves what happens when
> > you run that command.  If you do | tee -a savefile.txt and savefile.txt
> > already exists you'll append to savefile.txt.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Sep 2021, Christophe Delaunay wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > > If the portion of text I'm interested in is a command I just typed, I can
> > > edit
> > > the .bash_history.
> > >
> > >
> > > If the text I want is a large piece of output, I can redirect the output
> > > and
> > > errors of the command before submitting it and then edit the resulting file
> > > to
> > > select the wanted text and copy it.
> > >
> > >
> > > If the wanted text is part of a whole session, I run the commands I want in
> > > a
> > > screen session with logging turned on.
> > >
> > >
> > > But is there a way to select text directly from inside the terminal window
> > > and
> > > copy it please?
> > >
> > >
> > > Many thanks in advance. Have a nice day. Chris D
> > >
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