Re: [orca-list] Linux Mint MATE terminal questions

[Matt - Envrin Group <envrin group gmail com>]

Excellent, thanks.  So that's what flat screen review is for.  Never
quite understood its benefit until now.  That works perfectly.

Thanks also for "script" command, and will play with it.  Yes, I
output to text files all the time (eg. "php test5.php > output.txt"),
but it only seems to give STDOUT, and still outputs STDERR to the
terminal, which can cause a headache when compiling a program doesn't
go your way.  Will try the "script" command instead.

Sounds good, will stick with the script method for querying the database.

Thanks,
Matt



On 10/24/18, Andy Borka via orca-list <orca-list gnome org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While you are in terminal, you have a few options of obtaining output
> from the terminal window. The first and quick way of doing it is using
> Orca's flat review shortcuts usually found on the numpad of your
> keyboard. If you use laptop mode instead of desktop mode, the shortcuts
> are different. Orca help or the key bindings tab of Orca preferences
> will give you a good idea what is available. This works good for
> reviewing a few lines of output or to check the spelling or contents of
> a small folder in the file system. If you are attempting to review
> larger blocks of text, copy lines of output, or have a need to scroll
> back through the output history, try the terminal command "script". It
> creates a transcript of your terminal session and puts it into a text
> file for later review. When you want the transcript to start, type
> "script filename" without the quotes. When you want to stop the
> transcript, type "end script" without the quotes. Another quick and
> dirty method of getting output into a text file for further review is to
> redirect the output of a command into a text file. For example:
>
> ls --help > ls_help.txt
>
> Will put the output of ls --help into a text file called ls_help.txt.
> You can then open it in gedit or pluma and review it at will. I
> recommend the script method for reviewing your mysql datasets when
> working in the terminal client.
>
>
> On 10/24/18 6:32 PM, Matt - Envrin Group via orca-list wrote:
> > Did a quick Google, but can't really find anything, so thought I would ask
> > here.
> >
> > I'm quite good with this whole blind thing now, but one inconvenience
> > I have is using terminal in Linux Mint MATE.
> >
> > Is there anyway to navigate what's on the terminal, and do a quick
> > copy & paste?  Maybe I want something from a log file, or want to read
> > the last few lines outputted while compiling a program.  For another
> > example, sometimes there will be a capital letter in a directory name
> > I don't pick up on, hence have trouble changing to the directory.
> > Instead, I have to open up file manager, navigate to the parent
> > directory, hit F2 to rename that directory then copy and paste the
> > name in terminal.  It works, but is a pain.
> >
> > Another one, is there any way to navigate results from a SQL query?
> > For example, I'm in terminal logged into a mySQL database, pull a few
> > records, and want to copy & paste one field.  Right now, I just write
> > a quick PHP script, and open it in Firefox which displays the
> > necessary records in plain text, but that can be burdensome if there's
> > a more efficient way to do it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
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