On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 16:21 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 14:00 +1000, Steffen Kluge wrote: > > Just do it the ^C/^V way then. Works just like in Windows. It is > > amazing you parade your lack of skill and/or knowledge and try to palm > > it off as some sort of Linux shortcomings. > > Nice try with the insults, jackass, but CTRL + C or V doesn't work in > *all* applications, neither *do* all applications have right-click copy > and paste options, and neither does highlight and middle-click pasting > work in *all* applications. You *have* to do combinations, some of > which have really annoying effects. > > -- > (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. > Hi All Through out this thread I have not read any SPECIFICS, which applications don't work? which window manager are you using? which application won't let you switch windows? It seems to me that there is a lot of calling of the "system" without the detail to back it up, is it the "system" or a few buggy/misbehaving applications? If the applications don't work the way you think they should, have you:- a) checked that you are allowed to do what you want, some applications won't let you copy data for security reasons, putting data in pictures on web pages for instance. b) reported the bug/feature to the application developers/supporters. c) checked your configuration to make sure you don't have something that is inhibiting the action. d) checked that something you have done has stopped it working. One of my programs has to use CTRL + C to close files cos thats what the user wanted. Another user had used CTRL + v to trigger their own macro (in Excel!). e) have you documented the precis actions that work/don't work so we can look at the problem Thank you for your time Laurence p.s. and we are not kids, so PLEASE lets not get into name calling and play nice!
