Clipboard for the dummies

[Richard Bos]

Op zaterdag 2 november 2002 19:51, schreef David Faure:
> On Saturday 02 November 2002 19:24, Richard Bos wrote:
> > Op zaterdag 2 november 2002 16:23, schreef Christoph Cullmann:
> > > I don't see any case where the automagically mouse/keyboard selection
> > > would hurt usergroup 2, as they simply don't know and don't use it (and
> > > if they try it and don't like it, they can simply don't use it, won't
> > > hurt them, or ?), but usergroup 1 (like me and others) would be hurt
> > > very much if we abandon the selection thing.
> > >
> > > Why break something that many people are used to, only to avoid that
> > > new people don't use it ? I don't think it will confuse any new user,
> > > as the selection don't overwrite the clipboard and won't break their
> > > "from windows" known CTRL-C/V stuff.
> >
> > Well said Christoph.  I know many people that are used to the copy and
> > paste using the mouse (MMB).  It would hurt me and those people, if the
> > <ctrl>-V etc alone would be supported by KDE!  So, please keep on
> > supporting copy and paste using the mouse (MMB)!
>
> I think it was never question of completely removing the lmb/mmb stuff.
> But the question was rather: *if* lmb/mmb also requires "unique global
> selection", i.e. selecting something unselects the previously selected
> text, even in another application (as is currently the case), *then* this
> might confuse the "windows" users, who don't use lmb/mmb but want to be
> allowed multiple selections (e.g. one per window).

David,

thanks for the explanation.  As usefull you make it clear what is going on.

> In that case one might think of an option, to choose whether selections are
> global or per-window.
> The X11 way is: global, which makes it a bit easier to use lmb/mmb (you
> know what mmb is going to insert), and the windows way is per-window -
> lmb/mmb would still work, IMHO, just in a slightly more confusing way
> (multiple selections).

I would prefer the current X11 way.  Is you state: one knows what mmb is going 
to insert.

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Richard Bos
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