Re: Cut-Copy/Paste behavior (selecting should not put in copy buffer)

On Sunday 07 September 2003 12:07, Jay Smith wrote:
> I know that this subject has been discussed to death, however, it is by far
> the biggest productivity killer for my work.  Every day there are dozens of
> tasks I must do which involve copying or cutting text and pasting into
> another spot or another application where it needs to *replace* existing
> content.
>
> I use RH8 and I have been told that the Linux/Unix standard is that
> highlighting content automatically puts in into the paste buffer whether I
> like or not and that there is nothing that I can do about it.

Isn't that great!  Gives you the option what you really want to copy/paste 
from the Clipboard.

> As for 3-button mouses, I did not know that they still existed outside
> museums, thus I am not sure if I could switch to one or not.  (Or if it
> would help.)

 Try an Intellimouse or something. The middle button paste your last copy.
Works great.

>
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