Re: [gentoo-user] gnu screen - copy'n'paste

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> [14-10-28 02:24]:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:09 PM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> [14-10-27 22:56]:
> >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:03 AM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I am using screen to log into my beaglebone embedded computer, which
> >> > runs Gentoo (of course!) like this:
> >> >
> >> >     ssh -t root@192.168.178.27 screen -R -d
> >> >
> >> > . This makes it possible to detach the terminal and shutdown the PC,
> >> > while the beagle still runs processes...
> >> >
> >> > BUT:
> >> > Unfortunately I cannot copy and paste things from my PC to a started
> >> > session like the way described above.
> >> >
> >> > What is the problem here? ssh? screen? Or...simply my (mis-)
> >> > understanding of the whole thing ?
> >>
> >> What do you mean by "copy and paste"? C-k/C-y in the console?
> >> C-S-c/C-S-v in an X terminal like gnome-terminal? Select by the mouse
> >> and then middle click?
> >>
> >> Regards.
> >> --
> >> Canek Peláez Valdés
> >> Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
> >> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
> >>
> >
> > I mean the UNIX classic, not the Windows stuff:
> > Mouse Left: Select/Copy
> > Mouse Middle: paste
> 
> That's implemented by your terminal program, AFAIU. It should not
> matter what machine do you connect to, the other side should not even
> be aware about the selected text, and when you past it with
> middle-click, it should receive it like normal keyboard strokes.
> 
> What does "echo $TERM" says in the beaglebone?
> 
> Regards.
> -- 
> Canek Peláez Valdés
> Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
> 

TERM is set to xterm-256color, which is the TERM setting, which 
I use on my PC Gentoo-Linux also.
Copying text from terminal to terminal on my PC only does not
create any problems...

Mysterious...

Best regards,
mcc