Selecting a string to paste over copies selectecd text back to the past buffer Was: (Re: Find overwrites paste buffer)

[Daniel Beckham]

Actually, this is part of a larger issue.  I know that unix apps generally 
work like this, but I don't know why and I don't know why it's never been 
changed.  Here's the scenario:

You just renamed a function from connect_to_mysql_database_on_web_server() 
to mysqlConnect().  Of course, the original name was way to long and that's 
why you are renaming it to something that makes more sense.

If you double click on the new name, hit Ctrl-C to copy and then double 
click on old name to overwrite it... BAM!!! your paste buffer now contains 
a copy of what you just selected and not what you meant to paste...   The 
solution, you have to delete what you want to replace before you paste.  Do 
you know how many times you have to hit the backspace key to delete that 
long function name?  A lot.

So... is there any way we can turn off that feature of copying selected 
text into the paste buffer?  It's *really* annoying...

Daniel

At 11:05 AM 8/5/99 +1200, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>This one is really annoying, and I think it's been mentioned here before
>
>Select some text and cut it out (CTRL-X) (or even just copy it (CTRL-C))
>
>next CTRL-F and type in a string to search for.
>
>Now try to paste the buffer back in. Uggh! I get the search string that was
>_before_ the search string I've just typed in. My paste buffer has gone.
>
>Is there an option that prevents this nasty behaviour or can I call it a bug?
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>jbb