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Re: terminal with right-click = paste?

From Lee <ler762@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: terminal with right-click = paste?
Date 2019-04-10 22:40 +0200
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On 4/10/19, Alexander V. Makartsev <avbetev@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11.04.2019 0:41, Lee wrote:
>> I installed the xfce version of debian 9 & have a terminal icon on the
>> menu bar that starts xfce4-terminal
>>
>> Is there some way to configure xfce4-terminal so that a right mouse
>> click pastes text?
>> What I have now is right-click brings up a menu where I have to left
>> click on paste.  ick.
>>
>> How do I find out what other terminal programs are already installed
>> that I can try?
>>
>> What terminal programs are available that have a 'right click pastes
>> text' option _and_ has a scroll bar that is
>> 1. easily visible
>> 2. goes up/down a page at a time when left-clicking above/below the scroll
>> bar
>> 3. has up/down buttons on the scroll bar that scrolls a line at a time
>> when clicking on the button
>>
>> Thanks
>> Lee
>>
> Try keyboard shortcuts instead.
> Shift+Ctrl+V - Paste
> It's more convenient IMO, you won't move your hands away from keyboard
> and simply continue typing after paste.

But how do you get something into the paste buffer without using the mouse?

Left double-click to select a "word" & right click to paste is pretty
much automatic for me now - which is why I'm looking for a xfce4
terminal replacement

Thanks anyway tho
Lee

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terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-10 21:50 +0200
  Re: terminal with right-click = paste? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-10 22:00 +0200
    Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-10 22:40 +0200
      Re: terminal with right-click = paste? arne <sp113438@telfort.nl> - 2019-04-11 03:50 +0200
        Re: terminal with right-click = paste? arne <sp113438@telfort.nl> - 2019-04-11 04:10 +0200
        Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-11 06:30 +0200
      Re: terminal with right-click = paste? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-11 06:30 +0200
  Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-04-10 22:10 +0200
    Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-10 23:00 +0200
      Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-04-10 23:00 +0200
        Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-10 23:30 +0200
          Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-04-11 00:40 +0200
            Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-11 00:50 +0200
          Re: terminal with right-click = paste? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-11 04:00 +0200
            Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-11 07:30 +0200
              Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-04-11 14:20 +0200
                Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2019-04-15 13:00 +0200
                Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2019-04-15 13:00 +0200
              Re: terminal with right-click = paste? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-11 17:00 +0200
  Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Peter Wiersig <peter@friesenpeter.de> - 2019-04-10 22:20 +0200
    Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-10 23:10 +0200
      Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-04-11 00:40 +0200
        Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-11 02:20 +0200
          Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Peter Wiersig <peter@friesenpeter.de> - 2019-04-11 07:30 +0200
            Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-11 08:40 +0200
      Re: terminal with right-click = paste? Peter Wiersig <peter@friesenpeter.de> - 2019-04-11 07:40 +0200

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