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==Cutting and Pasting==
==Limitations==
===Using build 650===
It is not currently possible to cut and paste from the terminal to other activities. A [http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5376 ticket] has been raised in the development site to add this feature.
It is not possible to cut and paste from the terminal to other activities. However you can use the the clipboard function (i.e., to cut and paste) to drop text into a terminal if you attach a 3 button USB mouse to your USB port. After you have copied text from the web page(usually Ctl C), switch to the Terminal activity, put your cursor on the command line and click your middle button. Doing that should cause the text to be copied successfully.

'''Pasting Text from a Web page to the command line in the Terminal Activity''': You can use the the clipboard function (i.e., to cut and paste) to drop text into a terminal if you attach a 3 button USB mouse to your USB port. After you have copied text from the web page(usually Ctl C), switch to the Terminal activity, put your cursor on the command line and click your middle button. Doing that should cause the text to be copied successfully.


: Isn't it possible to configure the X Server so that the "double cord" of pressing the left and the right mouse button at the same time, emulate the middle mouse button? But even simpler would be to use the right mouse button for pasting since it is not currently used in the terminal. -- Dov Grobgeld - 2008-01-23
: Isn't it possible to configure the X Server so that the "double cord" of pressing the left and the right mouse button at the same time, emulate the middle mouse button? But even simpler would be to use the right mouse button for pasting since it is not currently used in the terminal. -- Dov Grobgeld - 2008-01-23

===Using joyride build 1606===
This '''experimental''' OS build has cut & paste included and working. You can update to it from the [[terminal]] as a super user by typing
olpc-update joyride-1606

Revision as of 23:44, 29 January 2008

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  • The Terminal activity gives a simple command prompt similar to that provided by the Developer Console.
  • It is included in recent builds of the laptop (e.g. build 650).

Change font size in the Terminal Activity

Here is how to increase the print size in the terminal:

  • Launch the Terminal activity.
  • Type
nano ~/.sugar/default/terminalrc
  • Find the line saying
Font = Monospace 8

And change it to

Font = Monospace 16

(or whatever you want).

  • Press Control-X and answer Yes to save.
  • Close the terminal activity (the X in the top right-hand corner)
  • Re-open the terminal activity, the terminal should now be in larger print.

Changing font size in the console

There is a console that runs outside of the X Window System (Sugar) environment that can be accessed by typing Ctrl-Alt-Mesh key f1 small.png. (Note that many Sugar binding are not available in the console, so commands such as sugar-control-panel will not work there.) To increase the font size in the console, type:

setfont sun12x22

(To return to the X Window System environment, type Ctrl-Alt-Home key f3 small.png.)

Cutting and Pasting

Using build 650

It is not possible to cut and paste from the terminal to other activities. However you can use the the clipboard function (i.e., to cut and paste) to drop text into a terminal if you attach a 3 button USB mouse to your USB port. After you have copied text from the web page(usually Ctl C), switch to the Terminal activity, put your cursor on the command line and click your middle button. Doing that should cause the text to be copied successfully.

Isn't it possible to configure the X Server so that the "double cord" of pressing the left and the right mouse button at the same time, emulate the middle mouse button? But even simpler would be to use the right mouse button for pasting since it is not currently used in the terminal. -- Dov Grobgeld - 2008-01-23

Using joyride build 1606

This experimental OS build has cut & paste included and working. You can update to it from the terminal as a super user by typing

olpc-update joyride-1606