xterm that allows "rectangle area" copy/paste

[minglee]

I used to have a Linux xterm tool:
The xterm tool allows me to holding down the left-mouse button to highlight a rectangle area inside the window. Then I can paste the highlighted text into other applications (like Window Word).

Now my default Linux xterm can not do this. I can only highlight the entire lines of text, not a "rectangle area" inside the terminal.

Could anyone help me find the xterm tool that allows capturing a rectangle area inside the window? Thanks!

[i92guboj]

I don't know what did you use before. But urxvt (rxvt-unicode, it's the same), can do it.

Just fire up urxvt and select as usual with the left mouse button while holding control+alt. Then you just paste with middle click on any other application.

[minglee]

Thank you i92guboj:
I "googled" urxvt. There are a lot of choices. Do you know where best to get it? I use readhat enterprise linux.

[i92guboj]

It's a very common package, it should be shipped with your distro.

Open your package manager (whatever it is for redhat nowadays) and search for "rxvt". Then you should see rxvt and rxvt-unicode (or urxvt, or whatever it's called).

If you can't find it, you should be able to find rpm's for redhat on pbone.net (very good site for searching rpm's).

EDIT: I just reminded, I think that only the later versions support that feature. Current is 9.02 if my memory serves correctly.

[minglee]

i92guboj:
I got a file called rxvt-unicode-9.05-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm from pbone.net. But I dont know how to open the rpm file. I am on a linux network. I want put urxvt in my local bin (~/bin), how do I proceed?
Thanks!

[i92guboj]

i92guboj:
I got a file called rxvt-unicode-9.05-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm from pbone.net. But I dont know how to open the rpm file. I am on a linux network. I want put urxvt in my local bin (~/bin), how do I proceed?
Thanks!

Sorry, I completely forgot about this thread.

rpm files are package files, they do not belong into /bin. If my memory serves correctly, the command to install an rpm is "rpm -i <file.rpm>".

Any red hat user should be able to help better on that.