On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 13:57 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Oddly enough, I've always found it to be a plus and when I get on a > windows box it drives me nuts that I have to actually do something > other than select the text to get it to the clipboard. I use X's > highlight select for text all the time. I find the Linux way of doing it a right pain in the bum. Two typical scenarios: First ----- Linux: I have some document with a word I'd like to replace. I *have* to delete the word, find and highlight its new replacement, paste it into the document. Windows: Highlight the word to be replaced, and paste the new word over the top of it. I can do this multiple times, just with new pastes. I don't have to delete + copy + paste ad nauseum. And, no, sometimes doing a search and replace through an editor function isn't always doable. What I put in the copy buffer stays there until I want rid of it. Second: Linux: I've highlighted some details from an e-mail that I want to put into the email configuration. I open up the configuration, and the first editable data in it is already highlighted by the application. It's now in the copy buffer, and I can't paste what *I* had previously copied. I can't go back to the other window and copy again, because operations with it are blocked. I can't even see the other window, because two other windows are on top of it, and only one of them can be moved. I have to close one window, move the middle one, re-open the one I want to edit. This is a HELL of a lot of mucking around. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
