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+ <info>

+ <link type="guide" xref="index#usage"/>

+ <link type="next" xref="mate-terminal-shortcuts"/>

+ </info>

+ <title>Working with the Contents of Terminal Windows</title>

+ <terms style="variablelist">

+ <item>

+ <title>To scroll through previous commands and output:</title>

+ <p>

+ Perform one of the following actions:

+ </p>

+ <list style="itemizedlist">

+ <item>

+ <p>

+ Use the scrollbar, which is usually displayed on the right of the terminal window. </p>

+ </item>

+ <item>

+ <p>

+ Press the <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Page Up</key></keyseq>, <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Page Down</key></keyseq>, <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Home</key></keyseq>, or <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>End</key></keyseq> keys. </p>

+ </item>

+ </list>

+ <p>

+ The number of lines that you can scroll back to in the terminal window is determined by the <gui style="guilabel">Scrollback</gui> setting in the <gui style="guilabel">Scrolling</gui> tabbed section of the <gui style="guilabel">Editing Profile</gui> dialog. You can also scroll up or down one line at a time by pressing <keyseq><key>Control</key><key>Shift</key><key>Up</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Control</key><key>Shift</key><key>Down</key></keyseq>. </p>

+ </item>

+ <item>

+ <title>To select and copy text:</title>

+ <p>

+ You can select text in any of the following ways:

+ </p>

+ <list style="itemizedlist">

+ <item>

+ <p>

+ To select a character at a time, click on the first character that you want to select and drag the mouse to the last character that you want to select. </p>

+ </item>

+ <item>

+ <p>

+ To select a word at a time, double-click on the first word that you want to select and drag the mouse to the last word that you want to select. Symbols are selected individually.</p>

+ </item>

+ <item>

+ <p>

+ To select a line at a time, triple-click on the first line that you want to select and drag the mouse to the last line that you want to select. </p>

+ </item>

+ </list>

+ <p>

+ These actions select all text between the first and last items. For all text selections, <app>MATE Terminal</app> copies the selected text into the clipboard when you release the mouse button. To explicitly copy the selected text, choose <guiseq><gui style="guimenu">Edit</gui><gui style="guimenuitem">Copy</gui></guiseq>.</p>

+ </item>

+ <item>

+ <title>To paste text into a terminal:</title>

+ <p>

+ If you previously copied text to the clipboard, you can paste the text into a terminal by performing one of the following actions: </p>

+ <list style="itemizedlist">

+ <item>

+ <p>

+ To paste text that you copied by selection only, middle-click at the command prompt. If you do not have a middle mouse button, refer to the X Server documentation for information about how to emulate the middle mouse button. </p>

+ </item>

+ <item>

+ <p>

+ To paste text that you explicitly copied, choose <guiseq><gui style="guimenu">Edit</gui><gui style="guimenuitem">Paste</gui></guiseq>. </p>

+ </item>

+ </list>

+ </item>

+ <item>

+ <title>To drag a file name into a terminal window:</title>

+ <p>

+ You can drag a file name to a terminal from another application such as a file manager. The terminal displays the path and the full name of the file. </p>

+ </item>

+ <item>

+ <title>To access a link:</title>

+ <p>

+ To access a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that is displayed in a terminal, perform the following steps: </p>

+ <p>

+

+

+ Move the mouse over the URL until the URL is underlined.

+

+

+

+ Right-click on the URL to open a popup menu.

+

+

+

+ Choose <gui style="guimenuitem">Open Link</gui> to start a link application and display the file located at the URL.

+

+ </p>

+ </item>

+ </terms>

+</page>