I am working with lidssd1306 in nano on a headless raspberry pi(bullseye). The goal is to allow execution of C programs via an encoder selection on an oled display.
For some reason ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v do not work to copy text between files/tabs when editing a file in nano. Ctl+6, Alt+6(Ctl+K), Ctl+U work as expected in the file. I had a thought that my compact wireless keyboard was to blame, but that has been ruled out, as has my connection method. SSH from another PI, ExtraPuTTY from win10 desktop, even local.
I have edited the config files /etc/nanorc and created ~/.nanorc. In a design of experiments, for each file, I enabled/disabled the options:
set mouse
bind ^X, ^C, ^V
None of which allowed me to copy/paste between files.
Since ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v do function correctly in the terminal, I have been using cat to display the file and copy the lines I want. From there I can use ctrl+shift+v to paste the text into the nano editor. I could probably use awk to accomplish the task, but both these two methods seem to be overcomplicating a simple task.
From this I deduce that there must be either keybindings or settings that are hidden/obfuscated.
What are the hidden keybindings or settings that will allow a simple copy/paste between files?
RasPi Bullseye
ExtraPuTTY 0.29_RC2
nano 5.4
The answer is that the rmb is not supported in nano. Funny that they support buttons 4, & 5. Maybe someday I'll have the chops to code that myself, I'll add it to the list...
from winio.c in the nano src files:
#ifdef ENABLE_MOUSE
/* Handle any mouse event that may have occurred. We currently handle
* releases/clicks of the first mouse button. If allow_shortcuts is
* TRUE, releasing/clicking on a visible shortcut will put back the
* keystroke associated with that shortcut. If ncurses supports them,
* we also handle presses of the fourth mouse button (upward rolls of
* the mouse wheel) by putting back keystrokes to move up, and presses
* of the fifth mouse button (downward rolls of the mouse wheel) by
* putting back keystrokes to move down. We also store the coordinates
* of a mouse event that needs further handling in mouse_x and mouse_y.
* Return -1 on error, 0 if the mouse event needs to be handled, 1 if it's
* been handled by putting back keystrokes, or 2 if it's been ignored. */
int get_mouseinput(int *mouse_y, int *mouse_x, bool allow_shortcuts)
{
bool in_middle, in_footer;
MEVENT event;
/* First, get the actual mouse event. */
if (getmouse(&event) == ERR)
return -1;
in_middle = wenclose(midwin, event.y, event.x);
in_footer = wenclose(footwin, event.y, event.x);
/* Copy (and possibly adjust) the coordinates of the mouse event. */
*mouse_x = event.x - (in_middle ? margin : 0);
*mouse_y = event.y;
/* Handle releases/clicks of the first mouse button. */
if (event.bstate & (BUTTON1_RELEASED | BUTTON1_CLICKED)) {
/* If we're allowing shortcuts, and the current shortcut list is
* being displayed on the last two lines of the screen, and the
* first mouse button was released on/clicked inside it, we need
* to figure out which shortcut was released on/clicked and put
* back the equivalent keystroke(s) for it. */
if (allow_shortcuts && !ISSET(NO_HELP) && in_footer) {
int width;
/* The width of each shortcut item, except the last two. */
int index;
/* The calculated index of the clicked item. */
size_t number;
/* The number of shortcut items that get displayed. */
/* Shift the coordinates to be relative to the bottom window. */
wmouse_trafo(footwin, mouse_y, mouse_x, FALSE);
/* Clicks on the status bar are handled elsewhere, so
* restore the untranslated mouse-event coordinates. */
if (*mouse_y == 0) {
*mouse_x = event.x;
*mouse_y = event.y;
return 0;
}
/* Determine how many shortcuts are being shown. */
number = shown_entries_for(currmenu);
/* Calculate the clickable width of each menu item. */
if (number < 5)
width = COLS / 2;
else
width = COLS / ((number + 1) / 2);
/* Calculate the one-based index in the shortcut list. */
index = (*mouse_x / width) * 2 + *mouse_y;
/* Adjust the index if we hit the last two wider ones. */
if ((index > number) && (*mouse_x % width < COLS % width))
index -= 2;
/* Ignore clicks beyond the last shortcut. */
if (index > number)
return 2;
/* Search through the list of functions to determine which
* shortcut in the current menu the user clicked on; then
* put the corresponding keystroke into the keyboard buffer. */
for (funcstruct *f = allfuncs; f != NULL; f = f->next) {
if ((f->menus & currmenu) == 0)
continue;
if (first_sc_for(currmenu, f->func) == NULL)
continue;
if (--index == 0) {
const keystruct *shortcut = first_sc_for(currmenu, f->func);
put_back(shortcut->keycode);
if (0x20 <= shortcut->keycode && shortcut->keycode <= 0x7E)
put_back(ESC_CODE);
break;
}
}
return 1;
} else
/* Clicks outside of the bottom window are handled elsewhere. */
return 0;
}
#if NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION >= 2
/* Handle "presses" of the fourth and fifth mouse buttons
* (upward and downward rolls of the mouse wheel). */
else if (event.bstate & (BUTTON4_PRESSED | BUTTON5_PRESSED)) {
if (in_footer)
/* Shift the coordinates to be relative to the bottom window. */
wmouse_trafo(footwin, mouse_y, mouse_x, FALSE);
if (in_middle || (in_footer && *mouse_y == 0)) {
int keycode = (event.bstate & BUTTON4_PRESSED) ? KEY_UP : KEY_DOWN;
/* One roll of the mouse wheel should move three lines. */
for (int count = 3; count > 0; count--)
put_back(keycode);
return 1;
} else
/* Ignore "presses" of the fourth and fifth mouse buttons
* that aren't on the edit window or the status bar. */
return 2;
}
#endif
/* Ignore all other mouse events. */
return 2;
}
#endif /* ENABLE_MOUSE */