Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 16:36:29 -0600 From: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: copy & paste behavior - this really bugs me Message-ID: <SAK.2001.05.22.aocmqetd@support10>
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Usually I just middle click several times before Netscape takes it. On 05/22/2001 4:28:28 PM, Doug Barton is quoted as saying: . . . .|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. . . . .| . . . .|-- . . . .| I need someone really bad. Are you really bad? . . . .| . . . .|To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org . . . .|with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message www.nul.cjb.net www.FreeBSD.org _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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