>>>>> "Ned" == Ned Konz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ned> Herbert Voss wrote:
>> there is no problem for me to copy a url in netscape and paste it
>> into the url-dialog-box of lyx.
Ned> That works for me too. What _doesn't_ work is: : select text in
Ned> lyx : choose "copy" or hit the "copy" key (ctrl-c in mine) : try
Ned> to paste into URL or other dialog boxes.
Indeed.
Ned> Actually, this is probably more of a "copy" problem (since lyx
Ned> also doesn't copy to the global selection, which the dialog boxes
Ned> use).
Ned> Perhaps the documentation should say (in addition to saying that
Ned> Lyx doesn't copy into other applications) that you can't copy
Ned> into Lyx dialog boxes, either.
Ned> Still, this seems like quite a limitation. People expect a GUI
Ned> editor to be able to have copy available and to be able to use it
Ned> in its own dialog boxes.
Yes, this is a limitation... We are in the process of adding a real
text inset in LyX which should eventually be usable for such things.
JMarc
