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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: terminal only for two weeks
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 05:41:24 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 02:00:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 23:24 this Sunday (GMT):
>> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 20:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 03:52 this Saturday
>>> (GMT):
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:20:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> 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.

If you’re running a GUI, you might as well use full-function GUI cut/copy/
paste, which is more general than anything provided within a character-
based multiplexer, anyway.