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   candycanearter07 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: terminal only for two weeks   
   02 Dec 24 02:00:03   
   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote at 23:24 this Sunday (GMT):   
   > On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 20:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote at 03:52 this Saturday (GMT):   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:20:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote at 21:52 this Monday (GMT):   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Also, running a command line through a GUI terminal emulator lets you   
   >>>>> take advantage of cut/copy/paste between windows, which is a feature   
   >>>>> not available on a pure-command-line system.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You can technically emulate that with screen or a similar multiplexer.   
   >>>   
   >>> A GUI lets you do that between different apps, not just terminal   
   >>> emulators, as well.   
   >>   
   >> I'm sure you can set something up with xclip if you really need that.   
   >   
   > But xclip requires a GUI, does it not?   
      
      
   So does running GUI apps. For terminal apps, using a multiplexer   
   copy/paste should be fine.   
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