Subject: [Fwd: Re: bug with clipboard]
From: Rui Miguel Seabra (rms@multicert.com)
Date: Thu Nov 22 2001 - 10:21:55 CST
PLEASE stopy hitting reply to all.
I am on the mailing list, ok?
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@multicert.com>
To: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms@multicert.com>
Subject: Re: bug with clipboard
Date: 22 Nov 2001 11:15:39 -0500
On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 17:55, Randy Kramer wrote:
> Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > I do not
> > know how this behaves in platforms where that behaviour is not standard
> > (but imho we should always support the unix way when feasible since it's
> > more user friendly to select (autocopy) and paste than select, copy, and
> > finally paste).
>
> I'd like to have an option. It is not uncommon for me to select
> something and copy it, then do several other things (which include
> selection) before finally pasting it, then possibly doing other things
> (which include selection), before pasting (the same thing) again.
>
> Works well in Windows, obviously not in Linux. I have not succeeded in
> getting the hang of Linux style copy and pasting, and I think others
> would appreciate the option as well.
I also tend to agree that in platforms where this behaviour is not
standard that implementing it would require an option to choose using it
or not.
In unix builds, it has to work to be coherent.
Hugs, rms
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