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Whatever terminal-emulation app (e.g., Gnome Terminal) you are using will allow you to select text in the app's window, but nano or vim will never know about it

Whatever terminal-emulation app (e.g., Gnome Terminal) you are using will allow you to select text in the app's window, but nano or vim will never know about it. I.e., the user's mouse gestures are never transmitted to the program (e.g., nano) on the other side of the pseudo-TTY (PTY). So for example, the user cannot use the mouse to move the insertion point in nano.

shakna 7y ago
> So for example, the user cannot use the mouse to move the insertion point in nano. That is not the case if you enable mouse support, as I've said. Try it. Add: set mouse To ~/.nanorc Open a file, and click. The insertion point will move.
- hollerith 7y ago
  Oh, OK. Good to know. Thanks for your reply. vim, too?
  - shakna 7y ago
    The vim command needed to enable support is: set mouse=a But yes, it works basically the same.