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### Keyboard
-* shift+page up/down` - scroll up/down in history
-* `ctrl+shift+c` - copy selected text to the _clipboard_
-* `ctrl+shift+v` - paste from _clipboard_
-* `ctrl+shift+r` - start a scrollback search
+* shift+page up/page down - scroll up/down in history
+* ctrl+shift+c - copy selected text to the _clipboard_
+* ctrl+shift+v - paste from _clipboard_
+* ctrl+shift+r, - start a scrollback search
While doing a scrollback search, the following shortcuts are
available:
-* `ctrl+r` - search for next match
-* `esc` - cancel the search
-* `ctrl+g` - cancel the search (same as `esc`)
-* `return` - finish the search and put the current match to the primary selection
+* ctrl+r - search for next match
+* escape - cancel the search
+* ctrl+g - cancel the search (same as `esc`)
+* return - finish the search and put the current match to the primary selection
### Mouse
-* `left` - single-click: drag to select; when released, the selected
+* left - **single-click**: drag to select; when released, the selected
text is copied to the _primary_ selection. Note that this feature is
normally disabled whenever the client has enabled mouse tracking,
but can be forced by holding `shift`.
-* `left` - double-click: selects the _word_ (separated by spaces,
+* left - **double-click**: selects the _word_ (separated by spaces,
period, comma, parenthesis etc) under the pointer. Hold `ctrl` to
select everything under the pointer up to, and until, the next space
characters.
-* `left` - triple-click: selects the entire row
-* `middle` - paste from _primary_ selection
+* left - **triple-click**: selects the entire row
+* middle - paste from _primary_ selection