OS X mc (Midnight Commander) copy to clipboard

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Recently I got a Macbook Pro. I can't manage to copy any sing in mceditor to clipboard and paste. No solutions seems to work.

Command+V - does paste a text from the buffer, but Command+C does nothing, I can't copy to buffer.

Have you seen [the list of commands](https://gist.github.com/sgergely/3793166)? Command+C to copy and Command+V to paste, no? Or using *Edit* menu (Fn+F9). — phd, Feb 22 '18 at 15:03
None of the shortcuts you've mentioned work for me in mcedit. — Sergey Onishchenko, Feb 22 '18 at 15:18
Consider giving far2l a try, it has mc-like interface and supports clipboard well. https://github.com/elfmz/far2l — unxed, Aug 08 '20 at 08:57

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 04 '18 at 11:21

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As seen in this answer, you can use the ⌘+R shortcut to disable "Mouse Reporting" in your Terminal window.

Or you can leave "Mouse Reporting" on to be able to use your mouse in MC, but press Fn to disable it just while selecting text to copy.

More details in this answer.

answered Sep 04 '18 at 11:21

mivk

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For iTerm2: `Preferences -> Profile -> Terminal -> Mouse Reporting -> uncheck` – Mitrakov Artem Aug 24 '19 at 18:39
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In `iTerm2` hold `Option ⌥` while selecting. `Copy` from the context menu also works, but will copy only a single word. – Vitaly Kuznetsov Jul 19 '20 at 12:36

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '19 at 22:41

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Run mc with -d switch (mc -d). It will disable mouse features in mc and now you can copy with LMB+select and paste with Cmd+RMB

answered Jan 23 '19 at 22:41

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 17 '18 at 07:55

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1) Select text in File1 by F3(select block) 2) Run Menu (F9 edit/[copy to buff file] aka C-Ins) 3) Open File2 4) Run Menu (F9 edit/[paste from buff file] aka S-Ins)

answered Mar 17 '18 at 07:55

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I need a keyboard shortcut. – Sergey Onishchenko Mar 18 '18 at 07:38

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