[kde-doc-english] cut & paste

[Keith Shackleton]

Hi:

First of all, I am most appreciative of having the use of your open source 
software, and for the work you put into it.  I have been using KDE for several 
years, with various Linux distributions, but mostly Kubuntu.

The 9:04 version I found very different.  When I upgraded it changed many of 
the actions; e.g. my keyboard was changed so I could not do apostrophes etc.  
It took me quite a bit of time to find the way to correct these.

I have not upgraded to 9:10 because after going through the changes with 9:04 
I can't afford to screw up my important files or go through finding out how to 
make things to work for me.

One thing that is still a problem for me is cut (or copy) & paste.  I had 
difficulty finding Klipper on a menu even though it was shown as installed.  (I 
am not a computer or Linux expert although I have been using them for quite a 
long time.)  I finally did get it installed on my task bar.  Sometimes when I 
cut an item, then go to paste it, I find it's gone--doesn't paste, doesn't show 
on the Klipper menu.  When I try to copy & paste in OO Spreadsheet, sometimes 
I have to do the action repeatedly--it won't copy the first time, but after 2 
or 3 tries it will.  The same goes if I want to paste something into multiple 
cells; usually it will only paste it once, but sometimes it will.  I have not 
been able to figure a pattern to this apparently erratic behaviour, but it 
slows my work down and frustrates me.  In some applications I can relocate 
items by drag & drop; in others (like Kmail composer) it won't do that.

I also find that Firefox at times locks up and I can only exit by cutting the 
power.  There seems to also be a problem with playing internet videos on 
Firefox. Sometimes they show the "play" arrow, and they will play; other times 
the video screen is black.  This can happen on the same web site (e.g. 
Youtube).  I have not been able to figure out where the difference is, in terms 
of missing plugins etc.

I am not able to decipher which of the issues belong to KDE, which to Ubuntu, 
and which to the specific application.

Again, thank you for the gift of open source software.

Sincerely,   Keith Shackleton
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