> On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there any reason to select text in >> the msg pane other than to copy it?
This remains my core question, which should (I think) drive the discussion. I am talking *only* about the msg pane. On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:55:20 +0100 Xavier Nodet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My understanding is that the clipboard, on Windows, is never emptied. > So what do you mean by 'if available'? I did not wish to presume that this was a Windows specific question. It seems to be generally desirable behavior. On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:55:20 +0100 Xavier Nodet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess the simplest reason is that this is how all windows apps work. > I suppose that breaking this behavior would not be a service to most > windows users. I see two responses to this. i. Surely I would not propose "breaking" expected Windows behavior. A user who highlights text and presses ctrl-c should find it in the clipboard. I am suggesting that since the *only* reason (that I can see) for a user to highlight text in the msg pane (in contrast with a Composer window) is to copy it, it seems a good user interface to copy to clipboard upon highlighting text in the msg pane. Make sense? ii. If this still seems worrisome for some reason, it could at least be an option. (See for example the options in 'guioptions' in Vim.) iii. I acknowledge that the right mouse context menu in the Text viewer parially addresses this. And indeed there is a *conflicting* feature that I also desire: adding an "Append to clipboard" option to this context menu. Well, we can't have everything. These two proposals are obviously incompatible. Cheers, Alan ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Mahogany-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mahogany-users
