Difference between revisions of "Switching over to LMDE"

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(as installed on LMDE) has mouse weirdness.  Selecting text with the mouse automatically enter visual mode.  This prevents useful things like using the mouse to copy/paste while editing in the terminal.
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(as installed on LMDE) has mouse weirdness.  Selecting text with the mouse automatically enter '''visual mode'''.  This prevents useful things like using the mouse to copy/paste while editing in the terminal.
  
 
==== Solution ====
 
==== Solution ====

Revision as of 16:26, 4 April 2021

So...

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu & Ubuntu is based on Debian.

Ubuntu is slowly trying to turn into a combination of Windows & MacOS...

Ick!

LMDE is a version of Linux Mint without the Ubuntu step.

Seems promising.

BUT, There are some oddities

vim

(as installed on LMDE) has mouse weirdness. Selecting text with the mouse automatically enter visual mode. This prevents useful things like using the mouse to copy/paste while editing in the terminal.

Solution

Either enter:

  • :set mouse-=a

during an editing session, or even better, put it (without the leading colon) in your ~/.vimrc file. (create the .vimrc file if it's not already there...)