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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Sick of the mouse mess!
From:       Warren Turkal <wturkal () cbu ! edu>
Date:       2002-02-16 20:37:47
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I personally find the X clipboard more productive in almost all cases. 
The only case I can think of that this is not true is when I close an 
app and another apps stuff is on the clipboard. Klipper is very useful 
in this situation as it allows pulling of the right contents. So maybe 
Klipper should manage the X Clipboard such that it remains consistent 
and does not rely on programs to supply the copied data?

On Saturday 16 February 2002 02:15 pm, David Jarvie wrote:
> On Saturday, 16 February 2002, Thomas Diehl wrote:
> > The inconsistencies are not only with Qt apps. I see standard X
> > clipboard behavior in Kate and between Konsole and others but not
> > eg inside KEdit or the KMail editor. In the latter, I get stuff on
> > middle clicks that may have been selected an hour ago in Konsole. I
> > must say that I also find this totally inconsistent, confusing and
> > unnerving. We shouldn't mix Windows behavior in some apps (KEdit)
> > and X behavior in others (Konsole, Kate).
> >
> > I'd presume most people prefer having two separate clipboards: one
> > with the Windows shortcuts and another one with the standard X
> > behavior which shouldn't interfere with each other. And this should
> > be consistent in all KDE apps.
>
> I agree. Above all else, we can't have a situation where KDE is
> incompatible with other X applications - KDE must not go down the MS
> route of ignoring everybody else and thinking that it is omnipotent.
> There are plenty of useful non-KDE applications, some of which are
> probably used by most KDE users. So the normal UNIX cut-and-paste has
> to always work as previously. (It's fine if there is an option to
> change this behaviour, but the UNIX way should be the default on a
> *nix system.) The MS-style cut-and-paste is a useful addition, and
> can save effort in some circumstances. But for the UNIX-style
> facility to work as expected, the clipboards need to be separate.

- -- 
Warren

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