[Konsole-devel] [Bug 49104] New: WISHLIST NEW FEATURE REQUEST Column Text Select (rectangle of text) like Putty in windows when holding alt key with left mouse click and drag.

[Ben Russo]

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           Summary: WISHLIST NEW FEATURE REQUEST  Column Text Select
                    (rectangle of text) like Putty in windows when holding
                    alt key with left mouse click and drag.
           Product: konsole
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: RedHat RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: ben at umialumni.com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.0.3)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs

When using sqlplus or psql (for example) it is common to enter many lines of a single command
terminating the command with a line ending with a ";"  
If after typing 10 or 20 lines you then find that you had a typo in line 5  it is nice to be able
to select a rectangle of text from the Konsole window instead of including the command shell prompt that is at the beginning of each line.
Also if you are in VI editing a column based text file (like /etc/hosts)  a column based select allows you to copy out just the IP addresses or just the host names.

This alternate method of selecting text is implemented in some terminal emulators (like Putty) under windows   by holding down the "Alt" key while doing a normal click and drag to highlight a selected rectangle of text.

The resulting selected text (when pasted) has a return at the end of each line.