close out of the application that I copied it from. Once I do that the contents are no longer available for pasting. Is this just a fluke on my machine or is anyone else having this problem? Is it even a problem? Sorry for such a trivial matter but I am a long time Windows user and am just trying to get used to all the quirks of a linux machine.
I'm a long time linux user, and only seem to research issues on servers so much.. Although I run it as a workstation, I've never spent much time learning the GUI's and figuring out the quirks.. I just deal with them and concentrate on my work..
Cutting and pasting has always been a problem for me in linux.. some applications simply highlighting the data copies, some you have to right click and hit copy, some you can hit ctrl-x to cut it and put it in the buffer.. some you can hit ctrl-c..
and then pasting it.. well, maybe that's rocket science too.. Sometimes its shift-insert, sometimes its middle mouse button, sometimes its ctrl-v.. Like Craig said, it's all dependent on the application you are working in.. which I dislike.
Klipper does try to fix some of this, but even if it has its little quirks (Although I think they are trivial fixable).. I never liked how clipper tried to launch applications and be all 'smart'.. and retains a history/multiple buffers.. I just wanted to be able to have ctrl-c be copy in every application.. and ctrl-v be paste in every application.. no more, no less.
So, I feel your pain. It's quirky.
