On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 16:55, Craig White wrote: > 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 Thank you both for your replies. At least it isn't something wrong with my comp and I'm not crazy! We'll that second part may be a lie... -- Thanks, Tom Sapp http://www.sappsworld.com
