Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

Mr Fix It · 2010-04-21 09:33:34

Howdy guys.

I'm new to arch, been loving it. Enjoying configuring (and learning) about the parts i need thus far.

This is a weird question though. Basically i'm using urxvt (seems popular, and so far i like it) as my terminal, but i have no idea how to say.... copy and paste from it?..

Basically i would like to cat a file, and copy certain sections from it, so i can post them in forums and the like. And also the inverse, be able to copy and paste lines from examples online into my configs.

So far i've kinda been putting the windows side by side and typing it (<--- not very efficient and very annoying!).

I'm using xmonad for a tiling manager and that's it, so if i need to install maybe an addon into Urxvt or Xmonad i need to know which one to hunt down XD.

Thanks

jhvid · 2010-04-21 09:44:10

Just mark the text that you want to copy with the mouse. To insert press the middle mouse button (or left and right at the same time).

jasonwryan · 2010-04-21 09:46:16

If you select in Urxvt, you should then be able to middle click into another app to paste your selection. To paste in to Urxvt, Shift-Insert.

Mr Fix It · 2010-04-21 09:53:57

Hey guys i'm using a laptop so no way of middle clicking.

Also is if i select the text, and then go to chromium, paste does nothing?. Is there a key to copy the selected text into the clipboard?

I seem to be able to insert text from chromium (via copy) and then shift-insert to put it into xrvt

jhvid · 2010-04-21 09:54:52

just press left and right mouse button at the same time.

Mr Fix It · 2010-04-21 10:24:40

Yeah that or shift-insert seems to work for copying text from the clipboard to urvxt.

However how do i copy stuff from urxvt's terminal into another app?. Just selecting it seems to copy it for urxvt, but other apps don't seem to get this updated clipboard stuff (they will still copy i copied from them).

EDIT: okay you are right, it seems to work that way . Just weird and have to hit it a few times for the laptop to work with it. Is there a keyboard shortcut for the left+right click? (Shift-insert doesn't work in other programs)

Last edited by Mr Fix It (2010-04-21 10:30:04)

jhvid · 2010-04-21 10:43:07

Mr Fix It wrote:

Is there a keyboard shortcut for the left+right click?

I don't think so... share if you find out, it kinda hurts to do left+right clicks

thisoldman · 2010-04-21 11:22:27

You might try autocutsel or parcellite for copy-paste-clipboard management.

There are a few other solutions offered in the wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Urxvt#Cut_and_paste

teh · 2010-04-21 16:40:41

Use vi mode on *sh (set -o vi).

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#1 2010-04-21 09:33:34

Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

#2 2010-04-21 09:44:10

Re: Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

#3 2010-04-21 09:46:16

Re: Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

#4 2010-04-21 09:53:57

Re: Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

#5 2010-04-21 09:54:52

Re: Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

#6 2010-04-21 10:24:40

Re: Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

#7 2010-04-21 10:43:07

Re: Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

#8 2010-04-21 11:22:27

Re: Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

#9 2010-04-21 16:40:41

Re: Urxvt and copy/paste-ing.

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