Annoying and seemingly unsolvable problem.

[Thomas Sapp]

On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 16:55, Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 16:40, netmask wrote:
> > >> close out of the application that I copied it from.  Once I do that the
> > >> contents are no longer available for pasting.  Is this just a fluke on
> > >> my machine or is anyone else having this problem?  Is it even a
> > >> problem?  Sorry for such a trivial matter but I am a long time Windows
> > >> user and am just trying to get used to all the quirks of a linux
> > >> machine.
> > 
> > I'm a long time linux user, and only seem to research issues on servers so 
> > much.. Although I run it as a workstation, I've never spent much time learning 
> > the GUI's and figuring out the quirks.. I just deal with them and concentrate 
> > on my work..
> > 
> > Cutting and pasting has always been a problem for me in linux.. some 
> > applications simply highlighting the data copies, some you have to right click 
> > and hit copy, some you can hit ctrl-x to cut it and put it in the buffer.. 
> > some you can hit ctrl-c..
> > 
> > and then pasting it..  well, maybe that's rocket science too.. Sometimes its 
> > shift-insert, sometimes its middle mouse button, sometimes its ctrl-v..  Like 
> > Craig said, it's all dependent on the application you are working in.. which I 
> > dislike.
> > 
> > Klipper does try to fix some of this, but even if it has its little quirks 
> > (Although I think they are trivial fixable).. I never liked how clipper tried 
> > to launch applications and be all 'smart'.. and retains a history/multiple 
> > buffers.. I just wanted to be able to have ctrl-c be copy in every 
> > application.. and ctrl-v be paste in every application.. no more, no less.
> > 
> > So, I feel your pain. It's quirky.
> ----
> klipper does have preference settings (configure klipper) - you can
> disable 'actions' pretty easily (right click on the klipper icon next to
> the clock).
> 
> Craig
Thank you both for your replies.  At least it isn't something wrong with
my comp and I'm not crazy!  We'll that second part may be a lie...

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Thanks,
Tom Sapp
http://www.sappsworld.com