[OT] Windows Console

[Robert Fraser]

torhu wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 1:51 AM, torhu <no at spam.invalid> wrote:
>>> Robert Fraser wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It uses the same console application to do the displaying/execution. 
>>>> And,
>>>> yes, this application sucks (ever done any serious copy/paste in it?)
>>>
>>> That works fine for me if I enable Quick edit mode in the options.  
>>> Then the
>>> right mouse button will do both copy and paste.
>>
>> Except it only does block-oriented rectangular selection, which is odd
>> for something that is primarily line-oriented.
> 
> Yeah, that's true.  Pretty stupid.

My main problem is that you can't do it just with the keyboard, which is 
my standard method. I also take issue with the fact you can't copy more 
than is visible on a single screen, which goes along with the block 
selection mode.