Re: CG chapter 2, first draft

[Patrick McCarty]

On 2010-01-12, Mark Polesky wrote:
> Trevor Daniels wrote:
> > I've never had to to do it, as I rarely use the git bash
> > command line for git work.  I can do virtually everything
> > in git gui or gitk, which cut and paste normally in both
> > Windows and Unix.
> 
> Can you really cut/paste in gitk on Unix?  I can't seem to.
> Right-clicking in the diff pane pops up a menu:
> 
>   Show origin of this line
>   Run git gui blame on this line
> 
> After selecting text in the diff pane, the Edit menu still
> only has "Preferences" as an option.
> 
> If you know something I don't, please enlighten me!

Most of the time, on GNU/Linux, I copy and paste by highlighting the
text to copy, and then middle-clicking where I want to paste.

This is a pretty efficient method once you get used to it.

-Patrick