From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 27 15:53: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAAD37B405 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:52:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75CCA2B6BE; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:52:41 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 918734B8; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:52:08 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:52:08 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Joe & Fhe Barbish Cc: FBSDQ Subject: Re: How do I cut and paste in console mode ? Message-ID: <20020228105208.D8762@k7.mavetju.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:32:12PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:32:12PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > Let me point out the difference between cut & copy. > When you cut a selected area and past it to a different area, > the selected area is REMOVED from the original area, > where a copy leaves behind the original selected area. > Are you really cutting out the original selected area or > just copying the original selected area? > > Are we playing with words here? Does copy & cut mean the same thing? You have to take in account that you're selecting in the output of programs and that you're not working in an editor. An editor allows you to make modifications in the text, the console doesn't. So yes, cut is wrong here and copy is right here. But then, in the past couple of years the stream of ignorant people who weren't able to select text in things other than editors have made the words 'cut & paste' standard for everything which can be selected, put into the clipboard and pasted into another application, with or without destroying the original content. Please stop this stupid discussion now... Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message