What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something? Thanks Jerry
Jerry Geis wrote:
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something? Thanks Jerry
you might be looking for gpm Description : Gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications like the Emacs editor and the Midnight Commander file management system. Gpm also provides console cut-and-paste operations using the mouse and includes a program to allow pop-up menus to appear at the click of a mouse button.
At Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:46:17 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
Jerry Geis wrote:
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something? Thanks Jerry
you might be looking for gpm Description : Gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications like the Emacs editor and the Midnight Commander file management system. Gpm also provides console cut-and-paste operations using the mouse and includes a program to allow pop-up menus to appear at the click of a mouse button.
Also note: gpm is for console windows only and NOT for X11 and it is not possible to copy and paste between X11 applications and the non GUI console windows. There isn't a 'universal' clip board. Gpm has its clip board and X11 has its *separate* clip board (actually, each X server has its own independent clip board, so it you run multiple X servers you can copy and paste from one to another).
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Robert Heller wrote:
At Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:46:17 +0200 CentOS mailing listcentos@centos.org wrote:
Jerry Geis wrote:
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something? Thanks Jerry
you might be looking for gpm Description : Gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications like the Emacs editor and the Midnight Commander file management system. Gpm also provides console cut-and-paste operations using the mouse and includes a program to allow pop-up menus to appear at the click of a mouse button.
Also note: gpm is for console windows only and NOT for X11 and it is not possible to copy and paste between X11 applications and the non GUI console windows. There isn't a 'universal' clip board. Gpm has its clip board and X11 has its *separate* clip board (actually, each X server has its own independent clip board, so it you run multiple X servers you can copy and paste from one to another).
oops! you're right Robert, I read the OP's somewhat confused post too fast and thought he actually meant console window when he said console window, but you're most probably correct, he just wants X11/GUI cut-n-paste. OP: gpm is probably not what you're looking for :-) .
At Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:34:06 -0400 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something?
No there is not. The clip board is part of X11 itself -- if X11 is installed (if X11 is not installed, then you can't run the graphical user interface or any GUI applications like thunderbird or firefox) then the copy and paste logic is installed (or at least the low-level part of it, eg the clip board -- each application implements the higher level part, including the right-click menus.
Not all applications talk to all other applications (for a whole pile of reasons). It has to do with the type of 'data' being copied and pasted. Not all applications can copy or paste all types of data. Yes, you can copy and paste stuff other than plain text and not all copying and pasting is with plain text (almost all applications can copy and paste plain text). If you are trying to copy HTML text from thunderbird to a "console window" (I think you mean a GNome terminal), this is not going to work. And you certainally can't copy an image from thunderbird to a GNome terminal.
Thanks Jerry
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Jerry Geis wrote:
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something? Thanks Jerry
Try using Gedit as an intermediary for your copy-paste action. Copy in thunderbird, past in gedit, select and copy in gedit, paste in your application.
To insert/paste data from clipboard into a console/terminal, use <Shift>+<Ins>.
Ljubomir
Jerry Geis wrote:
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something? Thanks Jerry
Sorry if wasnt explicit. Take an even simpler case I can highlight some text in firefox and right click and copy, I then cannot paste that text into an email with thunderbird. I get the menu item actually to paste but when I select it nothing populates. I am certain I have done this in the past.
Lets leave the gnome-terminal out of the picture.
So I was wondering the if there is a particular package I could try reinstalling. But it sounds like its "built" into X so I doubt it. Anything else to try before doing a fresh install?
Thanks so much,
Jerry
Jerry Geis wrote:
Jerry Geis wrote:
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something? Thanks Jerry
Sorry if wasnt explicit. Take an even simpler case I can highlight some text in firefox and right click and copy, I then cannot paste that text into an email with thunderbird. I get the menu item actually to paste but when I select it nothing populates. I am certain I have done this in the past.
ok, clear. Yes that *should* work.
Lets leave the gnome-terminal out of the picture.
So I was wondering the if there is a particular package I could try reinstalling. But it sounds like its "built" into X so I doubt it. Anything else to try before doing a fresh install?
does it work if you log in as another user?
At Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:27:54 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
Jerry Geis wrote:
Jerry Geis wrote:
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
Is there a package that controls the clip board or something? Thanks Jerry
Sorry if wasnt explicit. Take an even simpler case I can highlight some text in firefox and right click and copy, I then cannot paste that text into an email with thunderbird. I get the menu item actually to paste but when I select it nothing populates. I am certain I have done this in the past.
ok, clear. Yes that *should* work.
Lets leave the gnome-terminal out of the picture.
So I was wondering the if there is a particular package I could try reinstalling. But it sounds like its "built" into X so I doubt it. Anything else to try before doing a fresh install?
does it work if you log in as another user?
So long as it is the same X Server. If you log into a different console and then do a 'startx -- :1' (or :2, :3, etc.), then no it won't work. If you just do a su or sudo su in a [gnome] terminal, then yes, it will work.
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On 4/11/2011 1:22 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
does it work if you log in as another user?
So long as it is the same X Server. If you log into a different console and then do a 'startx -- :1' (or :2, :3, etc.), then no it won't work. If you just do a su or sudo su in a [gnome] terminal, then yes, it will work.
You should even be able to 'ssh -Y user@hostname program' from a terminal window to start a GUI program remotely and have copy/paste work as long as the windows on on the same display.
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows?
How do you connect to centos? VNC?
If you're running vnc4server on the centos box, there's a program you have to leave running named vncconfig that allows clipboard xfer...
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