On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 17:25, Dan O'Reilly wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 09:21, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 17:16, Dan O'Reilly wrote: > > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 09:08, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 16:47, Dan O'Reilly wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 2. When reading messages, I find that I can't select and cut/copy text. > > > > > REALLY limiting, when you're trying to cut-and-paste from an email > > > > > message into something else. > > > > > > > > > are you sure you can't? Maybe that's because you're using the windows > > > > way of doing it. If you use the X way (select with the mouse to copy and > > > > press the middle mouse button to paste) it should work. It does for me. > > > > > > Likely that's the problem. Forgot about implict cut/paste. THe only > > > issue I had with it is really, I guess, that there are times (for > > > example, when composing the messages) that you DO have a drop-down menu > > > for that. Consistency (or lack thereof) I guess is what I'm getting at. > > > > well, it's consistent with how the rest of X applications work. The > > CTRL-C/CTRL-V keybindings (or menu items) are something that we > > inherited from windows, AFAIK. > > I suppose you're right there. However, don't forget that a good part of > your user community is VERY used to doing that, as they're refugees from > the windows world. Just a comment... > anyway, I just tested the 'windows way', and it worked. That is, I selected text with the mouse, pressed CTRL-C, and then CTRL-V on another application, and the selection was pasted. Is it this what you say doesn't work for you?
cheers -- Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
