Ulrich Windl:
Hi!
I'm very much confused with the Qubes OS clipboard:
When trying to copy some text from a Temrinal, I mark the text with the mouse then press
"Ctrl+Shift+C", and I get a confirmation that the text is copied.
However when I try to paste the clipboard in another machine, the contents is
not what I had marked.
When I use the "Edit->Copy" menu in the Terminal after having marked the text, and then
press "Ctrl+Shift+C" again, the correct text is put in the Qubes OS clipboard.
Confusingly the Terminal displays the shortcut "Ctrl+Shift+C" for "Edit->Copy".
Isn't that a highly confusing feature (slowing down productive work a lot IMHO)?
Regards,
Ulrich
Hi,
In general, copying text from one VM to another is a four step process.
Highlight text in VM1 document and ctrl+C to copy to VM1 clipboard. Then
ctrl+shift+C to copy to dom0 clipboard. Then in VM2 window ctrl+shift+V
to copy to VM2 clipboard, then ctrl+V to paste into document.
It's pretty fast once you get used to it, just highlight, ctrl+C,
ctrl+shift+C, alt+tab, ctrl+shift+V, ctrl+V.
Terminal is a special case because ctrl+C, ctrl+V doesn't work to
copy/paste, and default terminal shortcuts are the same as qubes
inter-vm copy/paste shortcuts that take precedence. To paste text into
terminal i ctrl+shift+V like normal to copy into VM clipboard, then
edit->paste to paste into terminal. Or to copy from terminal, highlight,
edit->copy, then ctrl+shift+C to copy to dom0 clipboard.
Actually i think it's possible to change the dom0 shortcut so they no
longer conflict, but the occasional edit->copy or edit->paste in
terminal isn't too inconvenient for me.
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