Subject: Re: bug with clipboard
From: Rui Miguel Seabra (rms@multicert.com)
Date: Thu Nov 22 2001 - 10:14:00 CST
On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 04:20, Andrew Dunbar wrote:
> > If we support unix style copy and paste, we cannot
> > clear the clipboard
> > just because the selection is gone.
> > It is counter intuitive, specially in the unix
> > environment. 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).
> This sounds counterintuitive on all platforms I've
> used: *nix, Windows, Mac, and even Amiga!
What, select (thus copying) and paste?
Then you most certainly haven't been using any sort of unix.
This is standard behaviour in almost all (if not all) X servers.
It is extremely userfriendly, and it is also one of the things I hate
the most not having it in other platforms.
Maybe you didn't understand the behaviour.
1 open an xterm, type some text. select that text.
2 click the middle button of the mouse, there you go, pasted text.
3--inf click the middle button of the mouse again, there you go, pasted
text.
This works in almost any X aplication.
But abiword... only does steps 1 and 2, and I have found out why.
It absurdly clears the clipboard.
Hugs, rms
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