Re: Cut-Copy/Paste behavior

On Monday 08 September 2003 05:17, Jay Smith wrote:
> > On Monday 08 September 2003 02:25, Reilly Burke wrote:
> >>We are trying to get the point across that it's not that Linux has
> >>implemented an incorrect method - our point is that it appears that
> >>nobody in the Linux world has even thought about the subject at all.
> >>That's what is really annoying!  Linux is really an IT back-end
> >>operating system, not a general office productivity package.
>
> garry wrote:
> > I run Linux at a school (SuSE 8.2) and cut and paste works perfectly.
> > We see it as an advantage that you dont have to tell the OS to stick
> > something on the clipboard and our students are grateful for this
> > behaviour. Contrary to not thinking about cut and paste the developers
> > have come up with an elegant solution.
> >
> > Only our opinion
> > Regards
> > garry
>
> Garry,
>
> The problem that I have is that most of my paste operations are intended to
> *replace* content, i.e. double-click the content and hit Ctrl v.  However,
> as soon as you highlight by some method, you change what is in the buffer.
> That is not appropriate.

Try to program your "wheelmouse" in the right way, Jay.
I just tried it again, this time in OOo.
Left click to copy, and middle click to paste. Didn't loose focus at all.

HTH

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