Insert Mode? Mark mode #4372

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opened 2026-01-30 23:45:23 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
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Originally created by @unuunc on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019).

How about having some kind of insert mode , such that screen can be abstracted as text and we can select some text from anywhere?

So , say I am doing git pull , it failed throwing error that "error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:"

Now I want to get the name of that file I have to use mouse to go up and copy and paste the file name , instead if I have some kind of insert mode , the terminal will behave as text and I can move my cursor up , select and copy relevant line, press some kind of escape sequence and paste the copied text in next command.

This is Quick Edit mode / Mark mode in command line

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-30 23:45:23 +00:00
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@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019):

/dup of #715. Spec is in PR here #2840. Feel free to comment on the design 😄

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019): /dup of #715. Spec is in PR here #2840. Feel free to comment on the design 😄
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@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019):

Aargh. I have trouble using the bot. Sorry!
/dup of #715

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019): Aargh. I have trouble using the bot. Sorry! /dup of #715
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@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019):

/dup #715

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019): /dup #715
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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@kongdd commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2019):

call for insert mode too

@kongdd commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2019): call for insert mode too
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Reference: starred/terminal#4372