In Ubuntu, is there any terminal that allows for the position of the cursor to be moved with the mouse?
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For example, if I find I miss one letter in a long command, currently I need to press ← to move the cursor, which is slow.
Why can't we use mouse to put the cursor in the place we want?
gnome-terminal
edited Jan 17 '14 at 12:57
Richard
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For example, if I find I miss one letter in a long command, currently I need to press ← to move the cursor, which is slow.
Why can't we use mouse to put the cursor in the place we want?
gnome-terminal
edited Jan 17 '14 at 12:57
Richard
6,25183765
asked Oct 16 '13 at 4:25
user1914692user1914692
200211
1
Did you try Ctrl - left or Ctrl - right?
– user85164
Oct 16 '13 at 4:48
1
Thank. I knew it. I hope a more flexible move. I think the mouse is much more convenient. I find the python console in PyCharm is as friendly as an editor. But how about other terminals?
– user1914692
Oct 16 '13 at 5:27
1
I would love to know if this was possible with gnome-terminal. Apparently you can do so in OSX: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7051091.
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 6:24
For native terminal, you will probably have no luck. See the mouse section in the terminal howto of The Linux Documentation Project.
– Izzy
Jan 16 '14 at 21:58
add a comment |
For example, if I find I miss one letter in a long command, currently I need to press ← to move the cursor, which is slow.
Why can't we use mouse to put the cursor in the place we want?
gnome-terminal
edited Jan 17 '14 at 12:57
Richard
6,25183765
asked Oct 16 '13 at 4:25
user1914692user1914692
200211
For example, if I find I miss one letter in a long command, currently I need to press ← to move the cursor, which is slow.
Why can't we use mouse to put the cursor in the place we want?
gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal
edited Jan 17 '14 at 12:57
Richard
6,25183765
asked Oct 16 '13 at 4:25
user1914692user1914692
200211
edited Jan 17 '14 at 12:57
Richard
6,25183765
asked Oct 16 '13 at 4:25
user1914692user1914692
200211
edited Jan 17 '14 at 12:57
Richard
6,25183765
edited Jan 17 '14 at 12:57
Richard
6,25183765
edited Jan 17 '14 at 12:57
Richard
6,25183765
6,25183765
asked Oct 16 '13 at 4:25
user1914692user1914692
200211
asked Oct 16 '13 at 4:25
user1914692user1914692
200211
asked Oct 16 '13 at 4:25
user1914692user1914692
200211
200211
1
Did you try Ctrl - left or Ctrl - right?
– user85164
Oct 16 '13 at 4:48
1
Thank. I knew it. I hope a more flexible move. I think the mouse is much more convenient. I find the python console in PyCharm is as friendly as an editor. But how about other terminals?
– user1914692
Oct 16 '13 at 5:27
1
I would love to know if this was possible with gnome-terminal. Apparently you can do so in OSX: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7051091.
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 6:24
For native terminal, you will probably have no luck. See the mouse section in the terminal howto of The Linux Documentation Project.
– Izzy
Jan 16 '14 at 21:58
add a comment |
1
Did you try Ctrl - left or Ctrl - right?
– user85164
Oct 16 '13 at 4:48
1
Thank. I knew it. I hope a more flexible move. I think the mouse is much more convenient. I find the python console in PyCharm is as friendly as an editor. But how about other terminals?
– user1914692
Oct 16 '13 at 5:27
1
I would love to know if this was possible with gnome-terminal. Apparently you can do so in OSX: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7051091.
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 6:24
For native terminal, you will probably have no luck. See the mouse section in the terminal howto of The Linux Documentation Project.
– Izzy
Jan 16 '14 at 21:58
1
1
Did you try Ctrl - left or Ctrl - right?
– user85164
Oct 16 '13 at 4:48
Did you try Ctrl - left or Ctrl - right?
– user85164
Oct 16 '13 at 4:48
1
1
Thank. I knew it. I hope a more flexible move. I think the mouse is much more convenient. I find the python console in PyCharm is as friendly as an editor. But how about other terminals?
– user1914692
Oct 16 '13 at 5:27
Thank. I knew it. I hope a more flexible move. I think the mouse is much more convenient. I find the python console in PyCharm is as friendly as an editor. But how about other terminals?
– user1914692
Oct 16 '13 at 5:27
1
1
I would love to know if this was possible with gnome-terminal. Apparently you can do so in OSX: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7051091.
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 6:24
I would love to know if this was possible with gnome-terminal. Apparently you can do so in OSX: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7051091.
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 6:24
For native terminal, you will probably have no luck. See the mouse section in the terminal howto of The Linux Documentation Project.
– Izzy
Jan 16 '14 at 21:58
For native terminal, you will probably have no luck. See the mouse section in the terminal howto of The Linux Documentation Project.
– Izzy
Jan 16 '14 at 21:58
add a comment |
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Use emacs.
sudo apt-get install emacs
Upon the install, start emacs:
emacs
Press Alt+X, and type term and press Enter. Voila!
You have a terminal where you can change the cursor position with mouse.
If mouse click does not change the cursor (in 99% of the cases, it will, by default), then put (xterm-mouse-mode t) in your .emacs file:
echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs
edited Jan 14 '14 at 21:03
Seth♦
35.4k27113166
answered Jan 14 '14 at 7:01
Bhavin DoshiBhavin Doshi
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Since there doesn't seem to be a way with gnome-terminal, this seems like the easiest method.
– Aibara
Jan 20 '14 at 2:45
I just tried the method. The mouse click does not change the cursor. Then as instructed, I put: echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs; The error information is: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `xterm-mouse-mode' (I use Ubuntu 16.04)
– user1914692
Aug 14 '16 at 16:27
add a comment |
The terminal itself can take mouse input. You can test this opening a text file with nano and enabling mouse
(M-M) Mouse support enable/disable
(On my keyboard that's ESC+M.)
Then you can change the position of the cursor by clicking.
If you are asking about changing the position of cursor in the SHELL, there was a discussion in ubuntuforums mentioning gpm. There is also a duplicate of this question in stackoverflow with some alternatives proposed.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Jan 14 '14 at 8:36
Eero AaltonenEero Aaltonen
1,02121129
The question is about the shell, specifically moving the cusor position (since you can easily select text with the mouse, for instance, in gnome-terminal).
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 19:53
why the downvote? The original question was a bit ambiguous.
– Eero Aaltonen
Jan 21 '14 at 9:11
add a comment |
In vi mode (when the the command line behave as vi, enabled by set -o vi) you can launch a full vi to edit the current line:
Pass in command mode with ESC, then press v. and in vi you should be able to use your mouse to move to the expect character.
I don't know if this kind of command exist for the emacs mode (set -o emacs), the default one.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 12:18
NimlarNimlar
34636
add a comment |
echo -e "e[?1000;1006;1015h" # Enable mouse tracking
Script : I made a bash script to move bash readline cursor on mouse click on my github
Details : Read my answer in another post
answered Mar 31 at 5:10
tinmarinotinmarino
1012
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Use emacs.
sudo apt-get install emacs
Upon the install, start emacs:
emacs
Press Alt+X, and type term and press Enter. Voila!
You have a terminal where you can change the cursor position with mouse.
If mouse click does not change the cursor (in 99% of the cases, it will, by default), then put (xterm-mouse-mode t) in your .emacs file:
echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs
edited Jan 14 '14 at 21:03
Seth♦
35.4k27113166
answered Jan 14 '14 at 7:01
Bhavin DoshiBhavin Doshi
1,8531833
Since there doesn't seem to be a way with gnome-terminal, this seems like the easiest method.
– Aibara
Jan 20 '14 at 2:45
I just tried the method. The mouse click does not change the cursor. Then as instructed, I put: echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs; The error information is: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `xterm-mouse-mode' (I use Ubuntu 16.04)
– user1914692
Aug 14 '16 at 16:27
add a comment |
Use emacs.
sudo apt-get install emacs
Upon the install, start emacs:
emacs
Press Alt+X, and type term and press Enter. Voila!
You have a terminal where you can change the cursor position with mouse.
If mouse click does not change the cursor (in 99% of the cases, it will, by default), then put (xterm-mouse-mode t) in your .emacs file:
echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs
edited Jan 14 '14 at 21:03
Seth♦
35.4k27113166
answered Jan 14 '14 at 7:01
Bhavin DoshiBhavin Doshi
1,8531833
Since there doesn't seem to be a way with gnome-terminal, this seems like the easiest method.
– Aibara
Jan 20 '14 at 2:45
I just tried the method. The mouse click does not change the cursor. Then as instructed, I put: echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs; The error information is: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `xterm-mouse-mode' (I use Ubuntu 16.04)
– user1914692
Aug 14 '16 at 16:27
add a comment |
Use emacs.
sudo apt-get install emacs
Upon the install, start emacs:
emacs
Press Alt+X, and type term and press Enter. Voila!
You have a terminal where you can change the cursor position with mouse.
If mouse click does not change the cursor (in 99% of the cases, it will, by default), then put (xterm-mouse-mode t) in your .emacs file:
echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs
edited Jan 14 '14 at 21:03
Seth♦
35.4k27113166
answered Jan 14 '14 at 7:01
Bhavin DoshiBhavin Doshi
1,8531833
Use emacs.
sudo apt-get install emacs
Upon the install, start emacs:
emacs
Press Alt+X, and type term and press Enter. Voila!
You have a terminal where you can change the cursor position with mouse.
If mouse click does not change the cursor (in 99% of the cases, it will, by default), then put (xterm-mouse-mode t) in your .emacs file:
echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs
edited Jan 14 '14 at 21:03
Seth♦
35.4k27113166
answered Jan 14 '14 at 7:01
Bhavin DoshiBhavin Doshi
1,8531833
edited Jan 14 '14 at 21:03
Seth♦
35.4k27113166
edited Jan 14 '14 at 21:03
Seth♦
35.4k27113166
edited Jan 14 '14 at 21:03
Seth♦
35.4k27113166
35.4k27113166
answered Jan 14 '14 at 7:01
Bhavin DoshiBhavin Doshi
1,8531833
answered Jan 14 '14 at 7:01
Bhavin DoshiBhavin Doshi
1,8531833
answered Jan 14 '14 at 7:01
Bhavin DoshiBhavin Doshi
1,8531833
1,8531833
Since there doesn't seem to be a way with gnome-terminal, this seems like the easiest method.
– Aibara
Jan 20 '14 at 2:45
I just tried the method. The mouse click does not change the cursor. Then as instructed, I put: echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs; The error information is: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `xterm-mouse-mode' (I use Ubuntu 16.04)
– user1914692
Aug 14 '16 at 16:27
add a comment |
Since there doesn't seem to be a way with gnome-terminal, this seems like the easiest method.
– Aibara
Jan 20 '14 at 2:45
I just tried the method. The mouse click does not change the cursor. Then as instructed, I put: echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs; The error information is: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `xterm-mouse-mode' (I use Ubuntu 16.04)
– user1914692
Aug 14 '16 at 16:27
Since there doesn't seem to be a way with gnome-terminal, this seems like the easiest method.
– Aibara
Jan 20 '14 at 2:45
Since there doesn't seem to be a way with gnome-terminal, this seems like the easiest method.
– Aibara
Jan 20 '14 at 2:45
I just tried the method. The mouse click does not change the cursor. Then as instructed, I put: echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs; The error information is: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `xterm-mouse-mode' (I use Ubuntu 16.04)
– user1914692
Aug 14 '16 at 16:27
I just tried the method. The mouse click does not change the cursor. Then as instructed, I put: echo (xterm-mouse-mode t) > ~/.emacs; The error information is: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `xterm-mouse-mode' (I use Ubuntu 16.04)
– user1914692
Aug 14 '16 at 16:27
add a comment |
The terminal itself can take mouse input. You can test this opening a text file with nano and enabling mouse
(M-M) Mouse support enable/disable
(On my keyboard that's ESC+M.)
Then you can change the position of the cursor by clicking.
If you are asking about changing the position of cursor in the SHELL, there was a discussion in ubuntuforums mentioning gpm. There is also a duplicate of this question in stackoverflow with some alternatives proposed.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Jan 14 '14 at 8:36
Eero AaltonenEero Aaltonen
1,02121129
The question is about the shell, specifically moving the cusor position (since you can easily select text with the mouse, for instance, in gnome-terminal).
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 19:53
why the downvote? The original question was a bit ambiguous.
– Eero Aaltonen
Jan 21 '14 at 9:11
add a comment |
The terminal itself can take mouse input. You can test this opening a text file with nano and enabling mouse
(M-M) Mouse support enable/disable
(On my keyboard that's ESC+M.)
Then you can change the position of the cursor by clicking.
If you are asking about changing the position of cursor in the SHELL, there was a discussion in ubuntuforums mentioning gpm. There is also a duplicate of this question in stackoverflow with some alternatives proposed.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Jan 14 '14 at 8:36
Eero AaltonenEero Aaltonen
1,02121129
The question is about the shell, specifically moving the cusor position (since you can easily select text with the mouse, for instance, in gnome-terminal).
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 19:53
why the downvote? The original question was a bit ambiguous.
– Eero Aaltonen
Jan 21 '14 at 9:11
add a comment |
The terminal itself can take mouse input. You can test this opening a text file with nano and enabling mouse
(M-M) Mouse support enable/disable
(On my keyboard that's ESC+M.)
Then you can change the position of the cursor by clicking.
If you are asking about changing the position of cursor in the SHELL, there was a discussion in ubuntuforums mentioning gpm. There is also a duplicate of this question in stackoverflow with some alternatives proposed.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Jan 14 '14 at 8:36
Eero AaltonenEero Aaltonen
1,02121129
The terminal itself can take mouse input. You can test this opening a text file with nano and enabling mouse
(M-M) Mouse support enable/disable
(On my keyboard that's ESC+M.)
Then you can change the position of the cursor by clicking.
If you are asking about changing the position of cursor in the SHELL, there was a discussion in ubuntuforums mentioning gpm. There is also a duplicate of this question in stackoverflow with some alternatives proposed.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Jan 14 '14 at 8:36
Eero AaltonenEero Aaltonen
1,02121129
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
1
answered Jan 14 '14 at 8:36
Eero AaltonenEero Aaltonen
1,02121129
answered Jan 14 '14 at 8:36
Eero AaltonenEero Aaltonen
1,02121129
answered Jan 14 '14 at 8:36
Eero AaltonenEero Aaltonen
1,02121129
1,02121129
The question is about the shell, specifically moving the cusor position (since you can easily select text with the mouse, for instance, in gnome-terminal).
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 19:53
why the downvote? The original question was a bit ambiguous.
– Eero Aaltonen
Jan 21 '14 at 9:11
add a comment |
The question is about the shell, specifically moving the cusor position (since you can easily select text with the mouse, for instance, in gnome-terminal).
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 19:53
why the downvote? The original question was a bit ambiguous.
– Eero Aaltonen
Jan 21 '14 at 9:11
The question is about the shell, specifically moving the cusor position (since you can easily select text with the mouse, for instance, in gnome-terminal).
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 19:53
The question is about the shell, specifically moving the cusor position (since you can easily select text with the mouse, for instance, in gnome-terminal).
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 19:53
why the downvote? The original question was a bit ambiguous.
– Eero Aaltonen
Jan 21 '14 at 9:11
why the downvote? The original question was a bit ambiguous.
– Eero Aaltonen
Jan 21 '14 at 9:11
add a comment |
In vi mode (when the the command line behave as vi, enabled by set -o vi) you can launch a full vi to edit the current line:
Pass in command mode with ESC, then press v. and in vi you should be able to use your mouse to move to the expect character.
I don't know if this kind of command exist for the emacs mode (set -o emacs), the default one.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 12:18
NimlarNimlar
34636
add a comment |
In vi mode (when the the command line behave as vi, enabled by set -o vi) you can launch a full vi to edit the current line:
Pass in command mode with ESC, then press v. and in vi you should be able to use your mouse to move to the expect character.
I don't know if this kind of command exist for the emacs mode (set -o emacs), the default one.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 12:18
NimlarNimlar
34636
add a comment |
In vi mode (when the the command line behave as vi, enabled by set -o vi) you can launch a full vi to edit the current line:
Pass in command mode with ESC, then press v. and in vi you should be able to use your mouse to move to the expect character.
I don't know if this kind of command exist for the emacs mode (set -o emacs), the default one.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 12:18
NimlarNimlar
34636
In vi mode (when the the command line behave as vi, enabled by set -o vi) you can launch a full vi to edit the current line:
Pass in command mode with ESC, then press v. and in vi you should be able to use your mouse to move to the expect character.
I don't know if this kind of command exist for the emacs mode (set -o emacs), the default one.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 12:18
NimlarNimlar
34636
answered Jan 14 '14 at 12:18
NimlarNimlar
34636
answered Jan 14 '14 at 12:18
NimlarNimlar
34636
answered Jan 14 '14 at 12:18
NimlarNimlar
34636
34636
add a comment |
add a comment |
echo -e "e[?1000;1006;1015h" # Enable mouse tracking
Script : I made a bash script to move bash readline cursor on mouse click on my github
Details : Read my answer in another post
answered Mar 31 at 5:10
tinmarinotinmarino
1012
add a comment |
echo -e "e[?1000;1006;1015h" # Enable mouse tracking
Script : I made a bash script to move bash readline cursor on mouse click on my github
Details : Read my answer in another post
answered Mar 31 at 5:10
tinmarinotinmarino
1012
add a comment |
echo -e "e[?1000;1006;1015h" # Enable mouse tracking
Script : I made a bash script to move bash readline cursor on mouse click on my github
Details : Read my answer in another post
answered Mar 31 at 5:10
tinmarinotinmarino
1012
echo -e "e[?1000;1006;1015h" # Enable mouse tracking
Script : I made a bash script to move bash readline cursor on mouse click on my github
Details : Read my answer in another post
answered Mar 31 at 5:10
tinmarinotinmarino
1012
answered Mar 31 at 5:10
tinmarinotinmarino
1012
answered Mar 31 at 5:10
tinmarinotinmarino
1012
answered Mar 31 at 5:10
tinmarinotinmarino
1012
1012
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Did you try Ctrl - left or Ctrl - right?
– user85164
Oct 16 '13 at 4:48
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Thank. I knew it. I hope a more flexible move. I think the mouse is much more convenient. I find the python console in PyCharm is as friendly as an editor. But how about other terminals?
– user1914692
Oct 16 '13 at 5:27
1
I would love to know if this was possible with gnome-terminal. Apparently you can do so in OSX: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7051091.
– Aibara
Jan 14 '14 at 6:24
For native terminal, you will probably have no luck. See the mouse section in the terminal howto of The Linux Documentation Project.
– Izzy
Jan 16 '14 at 21:58