Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:33:49 +0300 From: swell.k@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm question Message-ID: <86ejbtqzcy.fsf@gmail.com> References: <47A65F29.6050103@onetel.com>
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Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> writes: > it's a stupid little question really but I have an xterm filled with a > log file (telnetted into another machine) which is scrolled off the > screen. How do I select all the text in one go? I only seem to be able > to select the visible screenful, copy, paste into text file, scroll > up, select the next screenful etc. I want the screen to scroll when > the mouse pointer hits the top or bottom of the window. > > The best I've done so far is script - it works but it's messy. 1 start selection by left mouse button 2 scroll to the end of desired text 3 extend selection by right mouse button ?
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