[CLUE-Tech] Debian: gpm not installing by default

[David Anselmi]

David Jackson wrote:

> Crawford (and others),
>
> Still to not install gpm by default (2.2r3) doesn't make any since??
> How do you cut/past from the command line?

You mean "how do you cut/paste from the *console* command line?"

In X, the mouse works without gpm, so cut/paste in an Xterm is easy.

When connected to a machine (especially servers) on a network or serial console,
cut/paste is handled by the terminal program on your local machine.  The remote
doesn't need gpm.

Finally, in bash it is easy to cut/paste from the command history using the vi or
emacs key bindings.

HTH,
Dave