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I just tried to do that on a Win7 machine sitting next to me and it didn't work... it doesn't seem to let me highlight anything at all? I normally wouldn't comm

I just tried to do that on a Win7 machine sitting next to me and it didn't work... it doesn't seem to let me highlight anything at all? I normally wouldn't comment about something like this but I wanted to do this literally 10 minutes before I read your comment. Anyway I don't think it's controversial to suggest that the stock terminal on Windows kind of sucks, although I gather that PowerShell is pretty good.

Someone 15y ago
Hit alt-space (?) or click in the top left corner to open the system menu (?). It has menu items for copy and paste; 'Properties' allows one to enable a more useful way of copy/paste (QuickEdit mode, IIRC). It isn't enabled by default in case people want to run DOS apps with mouse support. Someone should start a pool for people predicitng when this default will be changed.
lurker14 15y ago
PowerShell is a shell, not a terminal. Yes, Windows default terminal is awful. Console2 fixes the problems.
georgieporgie 15y ago
The Windows console is horrible. Try Console 2. My preference is to enable "Copy on select" and "Clear selection on copy", and map Ctrl-V to paste. http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/