From kde-core-devel  Sat Nov 02 00:43:05 2002
From: Carsten Pfeiffer <carpdjih () mailbox ! tu-berlin ! de>
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 00:43:05 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Clipboard for the dummies
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=103619784606602

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Hiya,

> My new reasoning would be more along the lines of: what the user 
> _voluntarily_ selects gets copied.

that's exactly the reason for the option "Setting Clipboard implicitly sets 
Selection". Whenever I explicitly perform a "Copy" action, be it Ctrl-C/X or 
a "Copy" in a menubar or contextmenu, I expect being able to paste that with 
both MMB and Ctrl-V (or "Paste" in a menubar).

I see MMB as a convenience method for pasting stuff when my fingers are not 
resting on Ctrl-V.

So, ideally, I would see this whole Selection-thing being removed altogether, 
i.e. you always have to press Cltr-C to put something into the clipboard. 
Exceptions are terminal programs where Ctrl-C is already taken of course.

This might be a radical change for some, but that's my view. IMHO quite easy 
to understand for the user. And I haven't seen a Windows-user complaining 
that he has to press Ctrl-C for copying.

Cheers
Carsten Pfeiffer
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