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

["Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@gmail.com>]

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