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gnu screen - Copying text between windows

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Mar 15, 20261266 views
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Is it possible to paste text copied in a paste buffer to a different window with some keybinding, without having to leave the current window? I.e., instead of going to the window and doing a Ctr-a + ], giving a gnu screen command and the name of the receiving window?

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Fix for: gnu screen - Copying text between windows

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You could make a bind to create such a keybinding in your screenrc, because there is none. Depending on how you wanted to implement it (is it for a named screen whose name is known?), the following screen functions could be useful to you: ( / ) to m…

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