Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Enable copy on select in MAC OSX terminal

1. Install iTerm a nice replacement to the built in Terminall.app which uses X11 server.

2. Open X11 Preferences and make sure all check boxes are selected:

Now:
- whatever you select in iTerm is available on OSX Pasteboard and can be pasted in other applications.
- whatever is in the Pasteboard can be inserted in iTerm with a middle click.

Note: For those wondering how to use the middle click easily with the trackpad I'd suggest installing the MiddleClick app. With it you can paste in the terminal with a single tree-finger tap.
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2 comments:

  1. SaxyAugust 23, 2011 at 7:15 AM

    Thanks!!!

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  2. Ivo JiménezJuly 1, 2013 at 1:19 PM

    Any idea on how to do this system-wise? In Linux, clipboard managers such as parcellite allow you "copy-on-highlight" everywhere. I'm desperately in need of this feature outside the terminal (which is where I use it most of the time)
    thanks!

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