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The great thing about running everything in a terminal is you can copy anything that is shown in the terminal. Frustrating when a GUI app won't let you copy som

The great thing about running everything in a terminal is you can copy anything that is shown in the terminal. Frustrating when a GUI app won't let you copy some text it's showing and you have to retype it somewhere else by hand

NoThisIsMe 3y ago
This is not an issue with Emacs though, GUI or otherwise, because everything's just a buffer
jimmaswell 3y ago
Many dialogs that look uncopyable actually support ctrl-c, sometimes even giving some funny ascii art of the buttons.
anthk 3y ago
Emacs allows to copy anything into anything.
TylerE 3y ago
Pasting into a terminal is such a minefield, though. On net I'm not sure it's an improvement. Being a pure ncurses-esque console app limits the richness of what you're able to display. Native controls and dialogs are in fact a good thing and not a cardinal sin.
- flexagoon 3y ago
  > Pasting into a terminal is such a minefield, though. Huh? Just use Ctrl+Shift+V or even Ctrl+V if your terminal emulator of choice allows that? I don't see where the minefield is
  - TylerE 3y ago
    Well, god help you if what you're pasting contains unicode for a start.