On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:48 -0400, I <sk...@syrano.acb.uc.edu> wrote:
> 3. Finally, a fun puzzle (inspired by actual events). If I have a window up > with text I want to save before shutting down the windows, how can I do > the save without modifier keys? I can copy the text with the mouse, but > then what? Redirect (< > << |) needs the SHIFT key. I can't terminate > stdin with CTRL-d. I'm hoping to do better than scrot + OCR. On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:03:21 -0400, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> replied: > Why can't you just paste the text into an open editor in another > window? Have I misunderstood some aspect of the situation? Now that you mention it, I could paste into good old "ed" and save it with "w" and "q" - no modifier keys. My usual editor (a custom job modeled after vi, I think), writes with `:w', and I need the SHIFT key for the colon. And if I didn't happen to have an idle window with a command line prompt, I'd be out of luck too. Terminating a program to get to a shell prompt usually takes a control key (:wq, CTRL-c, CTRL-d). I have fvwm set to open an xterm with CTRL-n, but that is out too. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
