Probably a documentation problem: pasting behaviour

ghost commented 6 years ago

Versions

ConEmu build: 180206 x64 OS version: Windows 8.1 x64 Used shell version: cmd

Problem description

I can't for the life of me determine how to copy and paste in what I regard as a normal (if somewhat cumbersome) manner, namely, (1) select text, (2) right-click to get menu, (3) select copy, (4) reposition caret, (5) right-click to get menu, select paste. For, whenever I right-click (thus in steps 2 and, if I get there, 5) the text is immediately pasted.

I've looked through the menu options (which I don't strike me as arranged in an intuitive manner) and fiddled with them but all to no avail.

Steps to reproduce

See 1-5 above.

Actual results

See above.

Expected results

See above.

m0n commented 6 years ago

Enhancements

Add option 'Menu' to "Mouse/Mouse button actions/Right" (This way copy/paste mechanism can work as in Windows usually and as CottonEaster likes). Perhaps add two options: "Shift-menu", "Ctrl-menu" (as ConEmu having two menus)
Add a modifier key drop-down-menu to "Intelligent mode": I'm smart enough to remember what "Intelligent mode" means but stupid enough to remember so many modifiers, so I like to uncheck stream/block modifier checkboxes and use only 1 modifier with "Intelligent mode". I feel should open an issue for this (?)
Add description for "Intelligent mode":
- Hold left mouse button then start moving horizontally for stream selection (like GUI text editors)
- Hold left mouse button then start moving vertically for rectangular selection

Typo

Rename "Mark/Copy"/"Text selection" checkbox to "Stream selection"
Rename checkbox to "Start selection with Shift+Arrow (Stream = Left/Right/Home/End; Block = Up/Down)"
Rename description to "Enable stream selection (like GUI text editors)"

Maximus5 commented 6 years ago

Copy/Paste in terminal differs from any other application. In general you can't put text cursor in arbitrary place to paste there, the application (not terminal) decides where cursor may be located and where user may type text.

Personally I see mo sense in copy/paste menu - much more handy way is keyboard hotkey or RClick to do the action. RClick intelligent mode is unique in ConEmu which is answer to inability to do things properly in other terminals.

As far as I can remember, "Stream" selection was renamed to "Text" selection intentionally.

m0n commented 6 years ago

"Personally I see mo sense in copy/paste menu"

If this aimed to me, I did'n talked about a separated "copy/paste menu" - I wanted to refer to the existing menus.

Meanwhile I realized that user can set plain RClick on "Keys & Macro" page for this effect. @CottonEaster: this is the solution for You!

RClick intelligent mode is unique in ConEmu which is answer to inability to do things properly in other terminals.

Uhhh - I absolutely not understand You :confused: ...or You did misunderstood some of my words :smile:

"Stream" selection was renamed to "Text" selection intentionally.

"Text-selection" terminology is OK but then correct "stream selection" in StatusBar! :P

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