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bug#29357: Cut and paste problems on Linux on a text virtual console no
From: |
Dr. Michael L. Dowling |
Subject: |
bug#29357: Cut and paste problems on Linux on a text virtual console no longer works |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:53:31 +0200 |
Hello, Stefan!
On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 01:48:30PM -0700, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> "Dr. Michael L. Dowling" <Mike.Dowling@t-online.de> writes:
>
> > If I can be of any further assistance I would be willing to try, but I'd
> > need somebody to suggest how.
>
> My idea was simply to test e.g. vim (or some $FOO text editor) and see
> how well it works with regards to split screen support. But I guess
> they would have to do something similar to us according to what Alan has
> reported. So I'm actually not sure that testing it will help much...
I've just downloaded vim, and, yes, cut-and-paste works with vim.
Personally, I prefer vi as it is POSIX conforming. You can use the vi
on any UNIX machine, and cut-and-paste works with the vi on my Linux
computers.
The trouble with the vi is that it screws up indentation with
cut-and-paste. So I've used nano instead, and cut-and-paste works with
that, too.
For me, the burning question is whether or not others can replicate my
experience with emacs.
The great thing about Arch Linux is that we configure stuff ourselves.
But the danger is that a configuration that is continually being copied
with every new computer might well propagate problems resulting from
incompatibilities between various software releases.
I try to be cautious. On this machine, I copied my old /etc to a
subdirectory of /root, and inspected every file before copying and
editing.
The problem cannot lie with individual user configuration, as my user
"joe" only has a .bash_logout that deletes everything except itself, and
"joe" suffers from the same problem. ("joe" doesn't have a ~/.emacs
file
> > I had come to the conclusion that I was one of the last die-hard
> > Linux/text-mode/command line users.
>
> (You might enjoy hearing that RMS also uses Emacs on the Linux console.)
Interesting! I have always had a great deal of respect for RMS.
Cheers,
Mike
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Dr. Michael L. Dowling
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