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		FooBarWidget on July 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Entering text in the terminal is complicated I've always configured my terminal to copy on select. I never press ctrl-c. I mean, why would I want to select text if not to copy it?

agapon on July 8, 2024 [–]

E.g., to press Ctrl-(Shift)-V and replace the selection with something you copied (to the buffer / clipboard) earlier?

kragen on July 8, 2024 | [–]

that doesn't work in terminal emulators because the terminal emulator doesn't know how to delete the selected text in whatever program drew it there (which may no longer even exist)

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