diff -ur qemu/console.c qemu.new/console.c
--- qemu/console.c	Thu Jan 27 23:09:49 2005
+++ qemu.new/console.c	Mon Nov 21 18:33:15 2005
@@ -406,6 +406,56 @@
     console_show_cursor(s, 1);
 }
 
+static void console_copy() 
+{
+    TextConsole *s;
+    int i, j, copytotal = 0, lastline = 0, row;
+    FILE *copydest;
+    HGLOBAL clipbuf;
+
+    s = active_console;
+
+    // Count characters
+    for( i = 0; i < s->total_height; i++ ) {
+	row = 0;
+	for( j = 0; j < s->width; j++ ) {
+	    char ch = s->cells[i * s->width + j].ch;
+	    if( isprint(ch) && !isspace(ch) )
+		row = j;
+	}
+	if( row != 0 ) 
+	    lastline = i;
+	copytotal += row + strlen("\r\n");
+    }
+
+    // Create the clip buffer
+    if( (copydest = fopen("qemu-clip.txt","w")) == NULL ) { printf("error opening qemu-clip.txt\n"); return; }
+
+    // Copy the actual text
+    for( i = 0; i < lastline+1; i++ ) {
+	row = 0;
+	for( j = 0; j < s->width; j++ ) {
+	    char ch = s->cells[i * s->width + j].ch;
+	    if( isprint(ch) && !isspace(ch) )
+		row = j;
+	}
+	for( j = 0; j < row; j++ ) {
+	    char ch = s->cells[i * s->width + j].ch;
+	    if( isprint(ch) && !isspace(ch) ) 
+		fputc(ch, copydest);
+	    else
+		fputc(' ', copydest);
+	}
+	// fputc('\r', copydest); /* don't need this since we've opened in text mode */
+	fputc('\n', copydest);
+    }
+    
+    //fputc(0, copydest);
+    
+    // Now set the clipboard
+    fclose(copydest);
+}
+
 static void console_scroll(int ydelta)
 {
     TextConsole *s;
@@ -641,6 +691,9 @@
     case QEMU_KEY_CTRL_PAGEDOWN:
         console_scroll(10);
         break;
+    case QEMU_KEY_CTRL_INS:
+	console_copy();
+	break;
     default:
         if (s->fd_read) {
             /* convert the QEMU keysym to VT100 key string */
diff -ur qemu/sdl.c qemu.new/sdl.c
--- qemu/sdl.c	Sat Nov  5 09:56:28 2005
+++ qemu.new/sdl.c	Mon Nov 21 18:28:02 2005
@@ -391,6 +387,7 @@
                         case SDLK_END: keysym = QEMU_KEY_CTRL_END; break;
                         case SDLK_PAGEUP: keysym = QEMU_KEY_CTRL_PAGEUP; break;
                         case SDLK_PAGEDOWN: keysym = QEMU_KEY_CTRL_PAGEDOWN; break;
+			case SDLK_INSERT: keysym = QEMU_KEY_CTRL_INS; break;
                         default: break;
                         }
                     } else {
diff -ur qemu/vl.h qemu.new/vl.h
--- qemu/vl.h	Tue Nov 15 18:19:19 2005
+++ qemu.new/vl.h	Mon Nov 21 18:28:36 2005
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
 #define QEMU_KEY_CTRL_END        0xe405
 #define QEMU_KEY_CTRL_PAGEUP     0xe406
 #define QEMU_KEY_CTRL_PAGEDOWN   0xe407
+#define QEMU_KEY_CTRL_INS        0xe408
 
 void kbd_put_keysym(int keysym);