I’m using Cygwin. Since it runs in cmd.exe, it is subject to all the limitations of the “DOS” window including horrifically lame cut-and-paste behavior. Does anyone know of a Windows command shell that behaves better in this regard? Or alternately, a way for Cygwin to run "standalone?
(Windows is the standard desktop OS where I work, so switching to Linux is not an option. Switching jobs is also not an option at the moment).
If you’ve installed the Cygwin X11 server, you can use xterm or any other fancy graphical terminal app.
I use rxvt to get an xterm-like window (which has trivial cut-and-paste). No need for a running X-server.
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You have “Quick Edit” mode enabled, right? With that turned off, I agree that having to navigate the window menu to copy a region is incredibly annoying. With Quick Edit enabled (mouse click-and-drag automatically selects; right-click or Enter copies), I like the ability to select a rectangle, and I don’t mind the nonstandard event bindings.
For what it’s worth, I find Quick Edit mode kind of irritating (can’t exactly remember why), so I’ve just gotten used to using the keyboard shortcut to enter text selection mode in the shell window: alt-space,e,k (hit alt-space, then e, then k). alt-space,e,p to paste. Very handy and reasonably quick.