On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 16:40, netmask wrote: > >> 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. ---- klipper does have preference settings (configure klipper) - you can disable 'actions' pretty easily (right click on the klipper icon next to the clock). Craig
