On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 04:20, Andrew Dunbar wrote: > > 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! What, select (thus copying) and paste? Then you most certainly haven't been using any sort of unix. This is standard behaviour in almost all (if not all) X servers. It is extremely userfriendly, and it is also one of the things I hate the most not having it in other platforms. Maybe you didn't understand the behaviour. 1 open an xterm, type some text. select that text. 2 click the middle button of the mouse, there you go, pasted text. 3--inf click the middle button of the mouse again, there you go, pasted text. This works in almost any X aplication. But abiword... only does steps 1 and 2, and I have found out why. It absurdly clears the clipboard. Hugs, rms -- + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Ghandi + So let's do it...?
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