Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 15:28:28 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: copy & paste behavior - this really bugs me Message-ID: <3B0AE80C.144E1C5A@DougBarton.net> References: <20010520121341.1f7b9876.chip@wiegand.org> <3B084322.CC35F83@iowna.com>
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Bill Moran wrote:
>
> Chip Wiegand wrote:
> >
> > I use fbsd for my typical home use, on 3 machines, and if there is one item
> > that I find difficult it is in copy & paste behavior. I use a mail client
> > called sylpheed (based on gtk+), and netscape 4.76 (most of the time). Why
> > can't I copy a url link from an email message and paste it into the location
> > bar of netscape? This is such a pain to have to type in those often very
> > long urls in some messages.
> > Anyway, that's just my gripe, becuase I just came up against it again.
>
> Copy/paste in Netscrap is ALT+C/ALT+V instead of CTRL.
> That being said, it still doesn't work all the time with other apps.
Netscape has a slightly wonky view of the X clipboard. Try leaving the
text highlighted in the app you're copying from, that usually works for me.
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