On Tuesday 30 May 2006 10:56, David Cary Hart wrote: > Maybe the problem is in KDE. Sometimes ctrl-c works; sometimes it > does not. Sometimes highlight->right-click->copy works. > > But the biggest problem is with paste. ctrl-v never works. > Shift-insert works but I never know what it will paste. Similarly, > the middle button of my mouse works but I never know what I will get > and it is different from the results of shift-insert. > Anything you highlight will be copied into the clipboard. Shift-insert will paste the last thing you selected from the clipboard. That means you have to look at the clipboard and select it. This works great for copying a URL from an email in kmail into Firefox in a different desktop. The standard ctrl-c, ctrl-v and ctrl-x work fine within most KDE programs but not all; it also works fine in Abiword. HTH, Tom > So in summary after copy or cut, I am never sure whether shift-insert > or the mouse-middle-button will paste the just cut text. Frequently, > neither works properly. > > Anyone else? Any suggestions? This is one of those minor annoyances > that is extremely frustrating at times. -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA
