Re: Cut-Copy/Paste behavior

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Jay Smith wrote:

> What I don't understand about this is if
> 
> a) I highlight something (or it is already highlighted) in one window of a 
> any linux program I am running
> 
> b) then change focus to another window that is running any linux program 
> AND in that second window something already happens to be highlighted,
> 
> c) the highlighted content in the second window replaces the buffer content 
> that was present from the highlighting in the first window.
> 
> In this situation, I don't even have to take any highlighting or clicking 
> action in order for the contents of the buffer to change.

I can reproduce this behaviour with gedit or gnome-terminal as the first
application window, but some apps do play nicely (e.g. galeon) as expected.

> Jay

Best Regards,
Alex.
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