On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 22:16 -0400, David Boles wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 00:48 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Frank Cox wrote: > >>> I just noticed that if you left-click on your Gnome desktop, hold the > >>> button down and move the mouse, you create a little semi-transparent box on > >>> your desktop. It goes away as soon as you release the mouse button. > >>> > >>> What is that for, if anything at all? > >> It is a selection 'lasso' that should select any icons that you > >> encompass. Then you can do any of the usual things that you can do to > >> selected icons - drag, copy, delete, etc. Most other windows should > >> work the same way. > > > > Coolness! It works in KDE, too. Ric > > This is a joke post right? A 'funny' post ? A 'pull my leg' post? Maybe > even a 'giggle together in secret' post? > > "a selection 'lasso'"?? You are all joking here right? Well, didja try it?? It's not so much a lasso as it is a rectangle, but the simile remains the same. Of course SOME of us don't mess with Winders :P all the time, so "lassos" are kinda a cool thing to play with when dinking with X-winders, if you've never seen such a thing. Give it a whirl! Yahoo! Next, I'm gonna have Jethro to teach me to cipher, out by the concrete swimmin' hole. Cuzin Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
