On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 09:27:05PM -0700, Jim Tucker wrote: > On Apr 10, 2005 8:20 PM, Faux_Pseudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The last one. If you can think of any way to improve on that it would > > be interesting to hear it but I think that for most people using > > elinks (and every other console app they use) in one screen session to > > handle the c&p from one app to another works just fine. I have been > > using screen for so long that I didn't even learn that you could copy > > and paste with a mouse in elinks until recently and I still seldom do > > it since screen works so nicely for my needs. > > You're right. GNU screen works pretty well for that. The only > quibble I have is that it can take quite a few keystrokes to navigate > the GNU Screen cursor to the text that you want to copy, anchor the > selection, navigate to the end of the selection, etc. > > Compare that to the selection and copying processes if you use a > native app's editing functions. Typically "Ctrl-A" in a Windows app, > for example, will select all of the text in the current field and > "Ctrl-C" will copy it. > > It's a quibble, I know, but with something as basic as copy and paste, > every keystroke saved can multiply quickly and result in improved > efficiency over time. I was hoping to find something that slick and > efficient for elinks.
Bind keys to copy-clipboard or cut-clipboard in the main and edit maps. These will copy the selected link's href or the current text field's contents into Screen's . register (which is the one used if you specify no other). I should know; I wrote the code. If you have any problem with it, please report it. -- Miciah Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ elinks-users mailing list [email protected] http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/elinks-users
