On Wed, 31 May 2006 14:36:55 -0500, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> opined: > On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 11:54 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > And here's a statement that you probably never thought you'd see: > > The best explanation of this that I've seen was a slashdot > > comment. > > http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=109755&cid=9319130 > > > > So, basically, there are two clipboards in X. If you select text > > with the mouse, you can paste it with the middle button. If you > > use the "copy" menu item (or ctrl+c), you can paste it with the > > "paste" menu item (or ctrl+v). As long as you don't try to mix > > the two, like expecting "paste" to insert something that you > > selected with the mouse, you should be fine. > > That's a little confusing. Almost everywhere the keyboard versions > of copy/paste work there is also a right-mouse menu that works > the same way as the keyboard, so the distinction isn't between using > the mouse and the keyboard, it is between using the clipboard or > the selection. That is, anything selected will paste with the > middle mouse (and I disagree with the slashdot article calling > this the 'advanced' way - it is the basic X way), and things > copied to the clipboard with either the right-mouse menu copy > or the keyboard equivalent will paste with either the right-mouse > menu or the keyboard equivalent. Since many applications need > the keystrokes for something else, you'll have a lot fewer surprises > if you use the right-mouse method most places. Also, if you use > 'synergy' to let a single keyboard/mouse access multiple computers > running different OS's, the right-mouse action usually work no > matter where you are. > Add to that KDE's intervention with Klipper which can be configured to synchronize the contents of the clipboard and selection or provide a separate clipboard and selection. Neither provides results exactly as expected. -- Our DNSRBL - Eliminate Spam: http://www.TQMcube.com Multi-RBL Check: http://www.TQMcube.com/rblcheck.php The Dirty Dozen Spammiest Ranges: http://tqmcube.com/dirty12.php
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