[Konsole-devel] [Bug 100317] Selecting text w/o mouse (mimic screen)

[Kurt V.Hindenburg]

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|mimic screen's copy mode    |Selecting text w/o mouse
                   |                            |(mimic screen)



------- Additional Comments From kurt.hindenburg kdemail net  2006-07-12 19:51 -------
Link from #6:
You can now define the Mac-side text selection (the one you might normally create by clicking and dragging the mouse) using the keyboard in Terminal. Here's how:

   1. Choose the menu item Edit: Keyboard selection: Start keyboard selection, or just press Command-Option-Return. This command 'unhooks' the arrow keys from input; pressing them in this mode will not send arrow-key characters to the process running in the terminal.
   2. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the point where you want to start the selection.
   3. Choose the menu item Edit: Keyboard selection: Anchor selection at cursor, or press Command-Option-Return again. You have now set the start-point for the selection.
   4. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the point where you want to end the selection. You'll see the highlight appear as you move about; note that it is not a rectangular selection.
   5. Do what you wish with the selection. You can copy it manually via Command-C, drag the snippet with the mouse, cancel out of text selection mode by hitting Escape, or (easiest of all) just hit Command-Option_Return one more time. When you do, the selected text will be copied to the clipboard, the selection will vanish, the cursor will be back in its original location, and the arrow keys will be back to normal.