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 Message 757 
 Rob Swindell to paul lee 
 Re: Copy/paste with SyncTERM 
 07 Sep 22 09:46:18 
 
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  Re: Re: Copy/paste with SyncTERM
  By: paul lee to Nicola Mettimano on Wed Sep 07 2022 06:33 am

 >  NM> Hello guys, does anyone know how to copy and paste with
 >  NM> Linux+SyncTERM+Mystic? Thanks.
 >
 > Theres an ANSI code that sysops can pass to SyncTERM users which sets mouse
 > support, but most sysops don't pass that code. Here are a few tricks to get
 > copy/paste working on stock [or unmodified] Mystic BBSes;
 >
 > Press Alt+B to enter scrollback mode. When in scrollback mode, you'll notice
 > that selecting text using the mouse now shows a blue background - any text
 > you select is copied like normal.
 >
 > To paste, make sure you're out of scrollback mode [Press Esc] and to paste
 > type Shift+Insert.
 >
 > Does that help out? :P

That's a good point: if the server/BBS has enabled mouse reporting in the
client (SyncTERM), then the mouse can no longer be used for copy/paste
operations. Using scrollback (Alt+B) is an effective work around if you can't
disable the mouse support on the server/BBS side.
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