Subject: Re: X11 clipboard vs. selection
From: Pierre Abbat (phma@oltronics.net)
Date: Tue May 16 2000 - 18:56:23 CDT
>So, in the worst case there are 3 possible clipboards. AbiWord chose
>to get the clipboard #1 for mouse middle-button and clipboard #2 for
>Ctrl+V, Edit/Paste and the Paste icon. This is really BAD, folks.
If I paste something with the paste button, I expect it to be what I last
copied, not what is currently selected. I have been annoyed several times by
kwrite when I do the following:
1. Highlight section A which I want to replace section B with.
2. Hit cut or copy.
3. Highlight section B.
4. Hit paste.
The correct behavior in this case is to replace B with A. What actually happens
is B remains and the highlighting disappears. If I want to paste the current
selection, I will hit the middle button, not the Paste button.
phma
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