• Block mode selection in Putty

    From epaulson10@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 18 10:09:18 2016
    Sorry to bump this six years later but thanks for the info, it was very helpful.

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  • From oscarblass@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Jacob Nevins on Wed Aug 30 10:31:18 2017
    On Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 10:47:35 AM UTC-5, Jacob Nevins wrote:
    Thomas Wiedmann <XXXXXX@gmx.de> writes:
    sometimes I'd like to select text, display in a Putty console, over several >lines in block mode, as it's usual in the Windows cmd console.

    Hold down Alt while selecting. <http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-selection>

    You literally win the internet today.

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  • From bill.er.ross@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Jacob Nevins on Thu May 24 09:09:04 2018
    On Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 10:47:35 AM UTC-5, Jacob Nevins wrote:
    Thomas Wiedmann <th.wm@gmx.de> writes:
    sometimes I'd like to select text, display in a Putty console, over several >lines in block mode, as it's usual in the Windows cmd console.

    Hold down Alt while selecting. <http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-selection>

    WTH? how have I been using putty for almost 20yrs and just found this? Probably cuz I've never really tried to copy a column until today!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • From Jeffrey Kendrick@21:1/5 to bill.e...@gmail.com on Wed Apr 12 07:37:46 2023
    On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 12:09:05 PM UTC-4, bill.e...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 10:47:35 AM UTC-5, Jacob Nevins wrote:
    Thomas Wiedmann <th...@gmx.de> writes:
    sometimes I'd like to select text, display in a Putty console, over several
    lines in block mode, as it's usual in the Windows cmd console.

    Hold down Alt while selecting. <http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-selection>
    WTH? how have I been using putty for almost 20yrs and just found this? Probably cuz I've never really tried to copy a column until today!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!


    You are awesome!

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