--- Rui Miguel Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DEBUG: Clipboard: explicit clear [CLIPBOARD > 0][PRIMARY 1] > DEBUG: Clipboard: SELCLR: [property PRIMARY] > > I select text, it copies. > I paste, it pastes. > However, it also clears the clipboard, since it lost > the selection. > > This is bad: > > If we support unix style copy and paste, we cannot > clear the clipboard > just because the selection is gone. > It is counter intuitive, specially in the unix > environment. I do not > know how this behaves in platforms where that > behaviour is not standard > (but imho we should always support the unix way when > feasible since it's > more user friendly to select (autocopy) and paste > than select, copy, and > finally paste).
This sounds counterintuitive on all platforms I've used: *nix, Windows, Mac, and even Amiga! Andrew Dunbar. ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
