How to extend selection in gnome-terminal?

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Published on 2012-09-10T07:54:24Z Indexed on 2012/09/10 15:40 UTC
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In a terminal I can select a single line, double clicking with the Left Mouse Button.

With xterm, I can extend that selection clicking with the Right Mouse Button in the place I want to extend it. Then can I paste the whole selection with the Middle Mouse Button or paste it in other application.

In gnome-terminal, it seems I can extend the selection clicking with the Left Mouse Button, but holding at the same time the Shift key. Visually, it seems the selection is done, but when clicking with the Middle Mouse button or pasting in other application, I only get the primary single line selection.

How can I get the whole selection under gnome-terminal? Is it possible to use selections in gnome-terminal as xterm does?

Cheers, Tomas.

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