Straightforward way of copying text from byobu to system clipboard?
I frequently want to copy snippets of command outputs to the web browser. Doing so is nice and simple in gnome-terminal (mouse-select, right-click, copy) but seems to be not so straightforwardly possible in byobu.
The procedure for copying outlined in the docs is:
Enter scrollback using alt-pgup or alt-pgdn, press the spacebar to start highlighting text, use up/down/left/right/pgup/pgdn to select the text, and press enter to copy the
text. You can then paste the text using alt-insert or ctrl-a-].
However, this doesn't copy to system clipboard (and seems to involve quite a few keystrokes)
This source suggests using xsel
https://askubuntu.com/questions/33789/how-do-i-integrate-byobus-copy-buffer-with-the-x-clipboard
which doesn't work for me and would be rather less convenient anyway(what if I want to scroll up to several commands earlier that ran in a different context?)
What I would like is, ideally, a way to copy to the system clipboard that works in the same as gnome-terminal eg. highlight -> ctrl+shift+c or right-click copy or some way to integrate the byobu copy buffer with the system copy buffer.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with Gnome and byobu 5.106-0ubuntu1
copy-paste byobu
asked Jan 3 at 11:25
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I frequently want to copy snippets of command outputs to the web browser. Doing so is nice and simple in gnome-terminal (mouse-select, right-click, copy) but seems to be not so straightforwardly possible in byobu.
The procedure for copying outlined in the docs is:
Enter scrollback using alt-pgup or alt-pgdn, press the spacebar to start highlighting text, use up/down/left/right/pgup/pgdn to select the text, and press enter to copy the
text. You can then paste the text using alt-insert or ctrl-a-].
However, this doesn't copy to system clipboard (and seems to involve quite a few keystrokes)
This source suggests using xsel
https://askubuntu.com/questions/33789/how-do-i-integrate-byobus-copy-buffer-with-the-x-clipboard
which doesn't work for me and would be rather less convenient anyway(what if I want to scroll up to several commands earlier that ran in a different context?)
What I would like is, ideally, a way to copy to the system clipboard that works in the same as gnome-terminal eg. highlight -> ctrl+shift+c or right-click copy or some way to integrate the byobu copy buffer with the system copy buffer.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with Gnome and byobu 5.106-0ubuntu1
copy-paste byobu
asked Jan 3 at 11:25
LoopLoop
326
add a comment |
I frequently want to copy snippets of command outputs to the web browser. Doing so is nice and simple in gnome-terminal (mouse-select, right-click, copy) but seems to be not so straightforwardly possible in byobu.
The procedure for copying outlined in the docs is:
Enter scrollback using alt-pgup or alt-pgdn, press the spacebar to start highlighting text, use up/down/left/right/pgup/pgdn to select the text, and press enter to copy the
text. You can then paste the text using alt-insert or ctrl-a-].
However, this doesn't copy to system clipboard (and seems to involve quite a few keystrokes)
This source suggests using xsel
https://askubuntu.com/questions/33789/how-do-i-integrate-byobus-copy-buffer-with-the-x-clipboard
which doesn't work for me and would be rather less convenient anyway(what if I want to scroll up to several commands earlier that ran in a different context?)
What I would like is, ideally, a way to copy to the system clipboard that works in the same as gnome-terminal eg. highlight -> ctrl+shift+c or right-click copy or some way to integrate the byobu copy buffer with the system copy buffer.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with Gnome and byobu 5.106-0ubuntu1
copy-paste byobu
asked Jan 3 at 11:25
LoopLoop
326
I frequently want to copy snippets of command outputs to the web browser. Doing so is nice and simple in gnome-terminal (mouse-select, right-click, copy) but seems to be not so straightforwardly possible in byobu.
The procedure for copying outlined in the docs is:
Enter scrollback using alt-pgup or alt-pgdn, press the spacebar to start highlighting text, use up/down/left/right/pgup/pgdn to select the text, and press enter to copy the
text. You can then paste the text using alt-insert or ctrl-a-].
However, this doesn't copy to system clipboard (and seems to involve quite a few keystrokes)
This source suggests using xsel
https://askubuntu.com/questions/33789/how-do-i-integrate-byobus-copy-buffer-with-the-x-clipboard
which doesn't work for me and would be rather less convenient anyway(what if I want to scroll up to several commands earlier that ran in a different context?)
What I would like is, ideally, a way to copy to the system clipboard that works in the same as gnome-terminal eg. highlight -> ctrl+shift+c or right-click copy or some way to integrate the byobu copy buffer with the system copy buffer.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with Gnome and byobu 5.106-0ubuntu1
copy-paste byobu
copy-paste byobu
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As pointed out in this comment, holding the shift key seems to be the solution to your problem. So:
Shift+F11 to zoom in on the split that you want to copy from
Shift+select what you want to copy
Shift+right click, copy (or by the way, Shift+Ctrl+C that also works in gnome-terminal)
edited Jan 11 at 17:25
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answered Jan 11 at 9:16
gcuendetgcuendet
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Hi thanks for response. This works for allowing me to select and copy less than one line of text. If I try and copy multiple lines then the text will be copied across the boundaries of the different virtual terminal splits I have running. But reading on in that thread you link to, this can work if I zoom in on the current split with shift+F11 good enough :)
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As pointed out in this comment, holding the shift key seems to be the solution to your problem. So:
Shift+F11 to zoom in on the split that you want to copy from
Shift+select what you want to copy
Shift+right click, copy (or by the way, Shift+Ctrl+C that also works in gnome-terminal)
edited Jan 11 at 17:25
Loop
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answered Jan 11 at 9:16
gcuendetgcuendet
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Hi thanks for response. This works for allowing me to select and copy less than one line of text. If I try and copy multiple lines then the text will be copied across the boundaries of the different virtual terminal splits I have running. But reading on in that thread you link to, this can work if I zoom in on the current split with shift+F11 good enough :)
– Loop
Jan 11 at 13:17
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As pointed out in this comment, holding the shift key seems to be the solution to your problem. So:
Shift+F11 to zoom in on the split that you want to copy from
Shift+select what you want to copy
Shift+right click, copy (or by the way, Shift+Ctrl+C that also works in gnome-terminal)
edited Jan 11 at 17:25
Loop
326
answered Jan 11 at 9:16
gcuendetgcuendet
26637
Hi thanks for response. This works for allowing me to select and copy less than one line of text. If I try and copy multiple lines then the text will be copied across the boundaries of the different virtual terminal splits I have running. But reading on in that thread you link to, this can work if I zoom in on the current split with shift+F11 good enough :)
– Loop
Jan 11 at 13:17
add a comment |
As pointed out in this comment, holding the shift key seems to be the solution to your problem. So:
Shift+F11 to zoom in on the split that you want to copy from
Shift+select what you want to copy
Shift+right click, copy (or by the way, Shift+Ctrl+C that also works in gnome-terminal)
edited Jan 11 at 17:25
Loop
326
answered Jan 11 at 9:16
gcuendetgcuendet
26637
As pointed out in this comment, holding the shift key seems to be the solution to your problem. So:
Shift+F11 to zoom in on the split that you want to copy from
Shift+select what you want to copy
Shift+right click, copy (or by the way, Shift+Ctrl+C that also works in gnome-terminal)
edited Jan 11 at 17:25
Loop
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answered Jan 11 at 9:16
gcuendetgcuendet
26637
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Loop
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Loop
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answered Jan 11 at 9:16
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Hi thanks for response. This works for allowing me to select and copy less than one line of text. If I try and copy multiple lines then the text will be copied across the boundaries of the different virtual terminal splits I have running. But reading on in that thread you link to, this can work if I zoom in on the current split with shift+F11 good enough :)
– Loop
Jan 11 at 13:17
add a comment |
Hi thanks for response. This works for allowing me to select and copy less than one line of text. If I try and copy multiple lines then the text will be copied across the boundaries of the different virtual terminal splits I have running. But reading on in that thread you link to, this can work if I zoom in on the current split with shift+F11 good enough :)
– Loop
Jan 11 at 13:17
Hi thanks for response. This works for allowing me to select and copy less than one line of text. If I try and copy multiple lines then the text will be copied across the boundaries of the different virtual terminal splits I have running. But reading on in that thread you link to, this can work if I zoom in on the current split with shift+F11 good enough :)
– Loop
Jan 11 at 13:17
Hi thanks for response. This works for allowing me to select and copy less than one line of text. If I try and copy multiple lines then the text will be copied across the boundaries of the different virtual terminal splits I have running. But reading on in that thread you link to, this can work if I zoom in on the current split with shift+F11 good enough :)
– Loop
Jan 11 at 13:17
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