[LUNI] RE: One more thing -- KDE

[Larry Garfield]

I believe the catch is that in KDE 3, KDE is moving more towards a 
"highlight and hit Ctrl+C" rather than the traditional "any highlight 
implies copy" methodology.  That's actually a VERY GOOD THING, as for a 
GRAPHICAL system where you are going to be highlighting text all the 
time, having it act as a copy function as well can be very very 
confusing.  It makes sense in a limited graphical or text-mode setup 
(like gpm on the console), where you won't really be highlighting text 
for any other reason, but in a full GUI setup it is detrimental to the 
use of the overall system.

Try using Ctrl+C to copy stuff, I'm sure you'll be able to paste it into 
something else.

Jirsa, Jeff wrote:
> Cut and paste is part of the XDND (Drag-and-Drop Protocol for the X 
> Window System.  You can see the list of supporters and applications at:
> http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/xdnd/supporters.html
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> That is another question I forgot:
> 
> Can you cut and paste between all the desktop applications?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: abbey [mailto:abbey at abbeyink.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:17 PM
> To: Jirsa, Jeff
> Subject: One more thing -- KDE
> 
> 
> It just occurred to me, the one thing where KDE is downright frustrating -- 
> copy-and-paste from KDE to non-KDE applications and vice versa.
> 
> If I receive a link in KMail, it opens in Konqueror, but I can't 
> copy-and-paste it into Mozilla.
> 
> If someone posts a link in IRC, I have some luck with copy-and-paste, but 
> gAIM, forget it.
> 
> That's something that could be a problem.


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