>From vague memory, there are reasons it's not a default. The M$ clipboard is crude compared w/ the X facilities, and IIRC that's one concern making it not standardized.
But doesn't gpm allow you to right click and select copy anywhere? To Do OK, tha above "To do" was copied from the links at the top of the squirrelmail page using gpm. On Wed, November 14, 2007 2:06 pm, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > <grump> > > What is it that's missing in the UI programming that keeps me from > grabbing stuff in some parts of the UI. > > For example, in Thunderbird, I can grab the subject text from the > dividing bar between message-list pane and message-content pane, > > ..but.. > > I cannot grab anything inside the message-list pane. > > Similar gripes about (some) popup dialogs. Some error messages cannot be > mouse-captured <arggh, double-sigh>. > > I would think there ought to be HCI guideline somewhere that says unless > there is a reason for prohibiting it (whatever that might be), every bit > of text ought to have a means of capture (and I don't mean a bit map > image!). > > Admittedly, I suppose, this would require extra work when simple > clicking already does something (in T'bird like highlighting the line, > and making the message current). Maybe shift+mouse drag might be needed. > > I feel *cheated* that I can't get the text -- anybody else? > > </grump> > > Regards, > ..jim > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
