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  2. From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Newbie - Slow text selection in Kermit?
  5. Date: 27 May 2005 18:51:57 GMT
  6. Organization: Columbia University
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  18. On 2005-05-27, Mark Sapiro <slash_dev_slash_null_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
  19. : Nick Leachman wrote:
  20. :...
  21. :> I currently do this by highlighting it with the mouse; and it is fast enough
  22. :> to highlight the text showing in the window. However, if I also need to copy
  23. :> text that has scrolled off the current page the scrolling/marking process
  24. :> becomes very slow.
  25. :>
  26. :> Does anyone know how to speed up the text selection for copying?
  27. :
  28. : You could investigate "mark mode" which may or may not help.
  29. :
  30. Use the Page Up, Page Down, and End keys, then it's instantaneous.
  31.  
  32. - Frank