Lightweight terminal with select all?

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Wed Dec 15 09:30:32 UTC 2021


That is interesting, unfortunately I'm more aftdr a standalone terminal 
emulator that I can launch from a WM however though

Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Tim here.  I usually run within tmux which gives me a scrollback
> "copy mode" I can navigate and copy portions.  So I might do
> (assuming control+b is my prefix-key)
>
>     control+b
>     space (starts the selection)
>     g  (goes to the top)
>     enter (ends/captures the selection)
>
> I can then use
>
>     tmux showb
>
> to dump that to standard out (or pipe it to a file or some other
> program if I need) such as
>
>     tmux showb > scrollback.txt
>
> or
>
>     tmux showb | grep -i "spatula"
>
> or even send it to a remote machine
>
>     tmux showb | ssh me at example.com "cat > scrollback_remote.txt"
>
> There might be terminal-specific was to do similar things, but tmux
> works in all of them.
>
> Here's hoping that gives you something to work with,
>
> -tim
>
> On December 14, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> So quick question.
>>
>> What's a good, lightweight, Orca friendly terminal that I can
>> select all the text and copy with? Lxterminal doesn't, unless I
>> don't know the key combo, have a select all option?
>>
>> I'm looking for one where, much like the Mate one, I can select
>> all, copy, then paste into (say) a nano document on another tab.
>>
>> Basically after something with few dependancies that I can run as a
>> terminal emulator so things like Screen are sadly out unless I can
>> run that as its own emulator without launching LXterminal first?
>>
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