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hn92726819yesterday at 3:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

When I tried Wezterm last year, you couldn't select more than 3-5 lines of text. I went to fix the 'bug', I found that it was intentional because it allocates a string and copies multiple times every time you click and drag.

Even if that's fixed, that design put me off the terminal forever.


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gertburgeryesterday at 4:14 PM

Been using/abusing wezterm for years, my scrollback is set to 1000000 and text selection has never been a problem... copy mode however does make it even easier

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mklyesterday at 8:31 PM

I regularly select hundreds of lines in Wezterm. I have never had a problem.