Re: Regarding control-L

On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 07:26:41AM -0800, Silvio Levy wrote:
> 
> >    But selected, so that any input or pasting into causes original text
> > to get replaced. Which seems usefull to me - if you don't want it, just
> > start typing or paste, if you do, you are able to edit.
> 
> It has been said several times that ^L highlights the URL and
> selects it, and so is just as good as the old way of doing things.
> 
> But that is not so.  In 1.2, you could click the paint-brush, and the
> URL would be erased.  With ^L, you get focusing and highlighting, so
> yes, you can start typing to overwrite -- but 99% of the time that's
> not what I want!  What I want is to apply a URL that I've highlighted
> somewhere else and that is currently in the buffer.  This cannot be
> done with ^L, which erases the buffer!
> 
> (I'm talking here about cut-and-paste the quick way, using the left mouse
> to highlight and the middle mouse to paste it somewhere else, not the
> Windows ^C-^V way.)
> 
> In spite of this loss of functionality from 1.2, I've made my peace
> with Galeon 1.3 and use it a lot; I'm thankful to Galeon's developers
> and to the patient folks on this list who answer our questions.

I certainly agree with this.

I hope my messages ahe not been read as simply complaining. They are
intended to stimulate thinking about these issues.

Thanks for all the hard work!

-- 
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
						-- Benjamin Franklin


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