Cut and Paste

The "xterm selection buffer" (or "cut & paste") allows you to pick up text on one part of the screen and place it elsewhere in same window or in another window. To select the text, position the mouse cursor at the beginning of the text you which to select. Press the left mouse button and hold it down while move the cursor over the text. The text that you have selected will be highlighted. When you press the middle mouse button, the text that you have selected will be placed after the regular (not mouse) cursor.

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