Re: [orca-list] How to copy pieces of text from a gnome-terminal window

[Christophe Delaunay <christophe delaunay-ext ariadnext com>]

Hi Matt,


Thanks for this response. It seems that it is kinda what I'm looking 
for, at least when I can't predict a command will bring back something 
interesting to me.


I just had the problem one hour ago or so. I entered a command. In its 
result, the command displayed an HTTP link I did not expect. I read the 
command result and wanted to copy this link in my preferred web browser. 
I pressed <keypad minus> and noticed orca entered flat screen review. 
Then I placed the flat review cursor at the beginning of the link and 
pressed <insert+c> which I previously assigned to "copy text under flat 
review cursor to the clipboard".


I then switch to a text editor window, and pressed <ctrl+v>. Something 
was pasted into my editing window but it was the last thing I copied to 
my clipboard before pressing <insert+c>, in other words, something which 
was not in my terminal window.


As a workaround, I switched back to the terminal, pressed <alt+e> to 
open the terminal's edit menu and then chose "Select All". I then press 
<walt+e> once more and chose "copy". I switched back to my editor and 
pressed <ctrl+v>. Tghis time, the whole content of the terminal window 
was pasted to my editing window. Since in the editing window, I'm able 
to select, just the piece of text I want, I selected the whole link, 
copied it to the clipboard, and finally could successfully paste it in 
the browser.


I'll try one more time later but at this time, I don't understand why 
orca did not do anything with my assigned keyboard shortcut, although I 
previously successfully assigned some orca commands to keyboard shortcuts.


Have a nice day. Chrfis D


On 09/08/2021, 19:16, Matt Dizak wrote:
> Yep, go into Orca settings and you'll see a tab for key bindings.
> Within the bindings there's one for copy while in flat review.
>
> Assign a keyboard shortcut to that binding.  For myself, I have Insert+C.
>
> Now while in terminal, just hit the dash - key on the keypad and Orca
> will say "Entering flat review".  Now you can navigate through the
> terminal by using the keypad:
>
> 7 and 9 = up and down one line
> 4 and 6 = left and right one word
> 1 and 3 = left and right one character
>
> Scroll to the piece of text you want (ie. database field) hit your
> copy keyboard binding, and it'll be in your clipboard.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
> On 9/8/21, Christophe Delaunay <christophe delaunay-ext ariadnext com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> > If the portion of text I'm interested in is a command I just typed, I
> > can edit the .bash_history.
> >
> >
> > If the text I want is a large piece of output, I can redirect the output
> > and errors of the command before submitting it and then edit the
> > resulting file to select the wanted text and copy it.
> >
> >
> > If the wanted text is part of a whole session, I run the commands I want
> > in a screen session with logging turned on.
> >
> >
> > But is there a way to select text directly from inside the terminal
> > window and copy it please?
> >
> >
> > Many thanks in advance. Have a nice day. Chris D
> >
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