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Parallax Serial Terminal....Copy to Clipboard....CAN DO

SamMishalSamMishal Posts: 468
edited 2009-09-19 23:24 in Propeller 1
Hi All,

I have seen a few postings where people were saying that the Parallax Serial Terminal
program does not allow·Copying of the text in its window to the Clipboard.

Well, IT DOES......but not in the way most people have come to expect.
You cannot use a menu or Right-Click the mouse, you must use CTRL+C

Highlight the text you want then use CTRL+C. That will copy the highlighted text
to the Clipboard....no worries....works just fine.


Regards

Samuel


Post Edited (SamMishal) : 9/19/2009 6:30:30 AM GMT

Comments

  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2009-09-19 06:19
    Note that the operation is copying, not cutting. If you CTRL + X the text, it defaults to copying.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-09-19 06:20
    The same can be done in the DEBUG window of the PBASIC Editor.

    -Phil
  • SamMishalSamMishal Posts: 468
    edited 2009-09-19 06:27
    SRLM said...
    Note that the operation is copying, not cutting. If you CTRL + X the text, it defaults to copying.
    Thanks SLRM...I meant Copying to the Clipboard....cutting is not needed....it is not an editor....

    All we want is some way of getting the output to the clipboard so that we can paste
    it into other applications.........and IT CAN be done...some said it cannot....and had to
    resort to using other terminal programs. Just use CTRL+C to copy highlighted text to the
    Clipboard with no problems.

    Regards

    Samuel
  • StefanL38StefanL38 Posts: 2,292
    edited 2009-09-19 07:01
    Hello Sam,

    the software Brays terminal has a function to store input to files even with a time stamp
    and
    - show received bytes in HEX, ASCII, additional colums for Dec, Hex, or Bin
    - bytecounter
    - custom baudrates
    - a scripting function
    - macros
    - toggle RTS and DTR
    - display for the state of CTS, CD, DSR, RI
    - clear screen oon defineable character
    - amount of traffic window
    - remote clients using

    best regards

    Stefan
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2009-09-19 14:22
    Ctrl-C is "standard" copy to clipboard for Windows programs.
    For whomever didn't know that, they should also be told that Ctrl-V is standard paste from the clipboard.
    Ctrl-P is for print ... no idea how that happened.

    I find Brays terminal GUI to be too crowded. Termite is cute and functional but not for the power user.
    It is beyond me why some terminal programs can't have the same box for input/output like a command console.

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  • LawsonLawson Posts: 870
    edited 2009-09-19 16:57
    StefanL38 said...
    Hello Sam,

    the software Brays terminal has a function to store input to files even with a time stamp
    and
    - show received bytes in HEX, ASCII, additional colums for Dec, Hex, or Bin
    - bytecounter
    - custom baudrates
    - a scripting function
    - macros
    - toggle RTS and DTR
    - display for the state of CTS, CD, DSR, RI
    - clear screen oon defineable character
    - amount of traffic window
    - remote clients using

    best regards

    Stefan

    whoot! I'd run into a copy of that terminal program some time ago on the web. Now I know where it came from! Personally I find PST is better for user interaction using a plain text interface. While I prefer Brays terminal for debugging binary interfaces meant to be controlled via a program on the host computer. I use them both regularly.

    Lawson

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  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2009-09-19 19:30
    Ctrl - "C, P, and V" for copy, print, and paste have been around as long as I can remember. Not sure if they started with Unix or even earlier, but every early minicomputer operating system I worked with used them. C and P were pretty obvious choices for copy and print, and I read somewhere that V was chosen for paste because P was already in use for paste, and the V resembled the typical mark we penciled in when we inserted on paper.
  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-09-19 22:11
    hey kwinn,

    I recall hearing the same ctrl-v explanation years ago. And also since the c p and v were already in use back in the days of yore, coming up with alternatives gave the old Emacs folks keyboard heartburn. hehehe.

    - Howard

    alt-F4 'ing outta here ...

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  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2009-09-19 22:31
    Brad's bst compiler gui has a built-in terminal program too.
    It's all in the one edit/compile/download/terminal/archive program that runs on Windoze/Unix/Mac platforms.
    It as extended compile options as well, like conditional compilation.
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  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-09-19 23:24
    Yeah! The more I use BST, the more I like it!

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